Tom Quick, the Indian Slayer – First Edition Book: by James Eldridge Quinlan – 1851

The Description of this incredible book from Bauman Rare Books is as follows:

“HE IMAGINED THAT THE BLOOD OF THE WHOLE (Indian) RACE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO ATONE FOR THE BLOOD OF HIS FATHER”:

RARE 1851 FIRST EDITION OF TOM QUICK, THE INDIAN SLAYER

[QUINLAN, James Eldridge]. Tom Quick, the Indian Slayer: and the Pioneers of Minisink and Wawarsink. Monticello, New York: De Voe & Quinlan, 1851. Small octavo, original brown cloth. Housed in a custom chemise and half morocco slipcase.

First edition of this narrative of frontier murder and retribution begun during the French and Indian War, the first book published on the controversial Tom Quick. Very rare.

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