Incidents In The History Of Dublin. Gathered From Participants And Eye-Witnesses

MRS SARAH CATHERINE LATTIMORE

Publication: Press of the Dublin Progress, 1914, Dublin, Texas

First edition. 16mo. Original 6 1/2" x 4 3/4" printed wrappers, titles stamped in silver on the spine, 65 pp., errata slip bound-in, frontispiece (picture of the author). Early in the second decade of the 20th century, Sarah Catherine Shivers Lattimore began gathering information on the history of her Dublin, Texas, community. She interviewed old-timers who remembered Erath County when it was organized in 1856. In addition, she paged through the musty pages of early newspapers. Her endeavors culminated in this book. Much on the history of this Texas town located in Erath County. Eberstadt 128:523 says: "A valuable frontier history going back to the days of the leather hunting shirt, before the organization of Erath County in 1856. Personal accounts of the Choctaw and Comanche raids and depredations are given." Light wear to the spine ends, corners and extremities, tiny corner crease to top edges of eight pages else a very good copy. This only the third copy of this title that we have encountered in more than 60 years. Rare.

Inventory Number: 46212