1814 Vergennes, VT. Rare Imprint The Female American Or The Extraordinary Adventures Of Unca Eliza Wakefield

Defective book lacks leaves 29–32, and 259–264. Original leather covered boards, worn. An early fictitious narrative of adventures, Indian captivity, told by a narrator who is not only a woman but is also biracial, as the daughter of a Native American princess and an English settler who resided in Virginia. (Wikipedia ). Book has had something of a revival since it was reissued in a scholarly edition about 20 years ago. Only a handful of copies have ever turned up— most recent Rare Book Hub listing a being 1972 bookseller’s catalog.