Life And Adventures Of L.D. Lafferty; Being A True Biography Of One Of The Most Remarkable Men Of The Great Southwest, From An Adventurous Boyhood In Arkansas, Through A Protracted Life Of Almost Unparalled Sufferings And Hairbreadth Scrapes Upon The Frontier Of Texas; In Which Are Given Many Highly Interesting Incidents In The Early History Of The Republic Of Texas, With A Brief Review Of Affairs In Mexico During The Same Period

A. H. ABNEY

Publication: H S Goodspeed & CO, 1875, New York

First edition. 8vo. Decorated green cloth, gold stamping on front cover, yellow endpapers, 219 pp., frontis., [portrait], preface, plates. A Texas and outlaw rarity. Lafferty came to Texas during the days of the Republic and fought as a volunteer during several periods of revolution from 1818 to 1832. He also fought against the Osage, Pawnee, and Kickapoo Indians, and lived among the Cherokee Indians for a number of years. On Galveston Island he met and conferred with the pirate Lafitte, later he joined General Long's Expedition to Texas, paid a second visit to Galveston and was sent with dispatches to Captain Johnson on the Brazos, and was captured, from which he eventually escaped. He had many adventures including looking for a gold mine, encountering the Spaniards at Red River, pursuit and capture of horse thieves, his meeting with ex-Governor Houston and his opinion of him, Captain John Austin and his attack upon Velasco, stock raising, Indian troubles, and much more. Herd 6 says, "Scarce." "This copy seen in the Rollins Collection, Princeton University." Front and rear endpapers have been replaced, some light pencil notations in the margins, else near fine bright, tight copy of what must be considered a rare item. Housed in a quarter leather and cloth clamshell case with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Only the third copy we have seen.

Inventory Number: 52496