{"product_id":"history-of-the-indians-of-north-and-south-america-by-peter-parley","title":"History of the Indians of North and South America. By Peter Parley","description":"\u003cp\u003eParley, Peter; [Goodrich, Samuel Griswold]. \u003cstrong\u003eHistory of the Indians of North and South America. By the author of Peter Parley's Tales.\u003c\/strong\u003e New York: John Allen, 1844. (First Edition). [12456]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack leather spine and corners, marbled boards, very scuffed and worn with frayed spine ends \u0026amp; corners, joints rubbed, 7 x 4 3\/4 inches. Frontispiece wood engraving, \"Cortés Approaching Mexico\"; extra engraved title page with image of a decorated Indian buffalo robe from the American West; 319 pp. of text with foxing, dark in places, and some ink splatter. Additional plate of North American Indians in Council, with the leaf partly separated. Another of \"Ancient Sculpture, from Palenque\"; one of Red Jacket, and one of an Indian named The Four Bears. Fair. Hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLikely a first edition, with copyright and imprint date both 1844.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Stereotyped by Metcalf, Keith \u0026amp; Nichols, Cambridge,\" and \"Wm A. Hall \u0026amp; Co., Printers, 12 Water Street\" on the copyright page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"To give...a historical account of the American Indians is a task beset with not a few difficulties. The sources of information must be almost wholly derived from their conquerors and foes; and though the incidents related may be in the main correct, and the causes that lie on the surface be easily known, yet the more hidden ones, the secret springs of action, are beyond our reach. We have not the Indian himself recording for us the motives that have prompted his stern spirit, carefully veiling his designs from all around, nourishing the dark purpose, and maturing his plans. We are not admitted into the council of warriors or wise men, and allowed to listen to their relation of wrongs, real or fancied, they have suffered, or to see how one after another of the chiefs or counsellors utters his opinions, and the deep plot is laid which is to issue in wreaking a dire revenge, even to extermination, on the hated intruders.\" - Introduction, p. 7.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSamuel Griswold Goodrich, alias Peter Parley, (1793-1860); born in Connecticut. Goodrich was a prolific author and publisher of children’s books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“How greatly parents have been aided and encouraged – as well as children instructed and delighted – through the earlier volumes of Parley’s Magazine, Merry’s Museum, Parley’s Cabinet Library, and his numberless volumes of many kinds, who shall estimate?” – Allibone. Goodrich was appointed Consul to Paris by President Fillmore.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45256527151170,"sku":"ABE12456","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC08627BackgroundRemoved.png?v=1790085474","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/history-of-the-indians-of-north-and-south-america-by-peter-parley","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}