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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
In 1849 James Swan turned his back on his wife and two children, a
prosperous ship-fitting business, and the polite and predictable
world of commerce in Boston and fled to the newly opened gold
fields in California. Soon sick of the bonanza society, he
emigrated to a shallow harbor called Shoalwater Bay (now Willapa
Bay) north of the Columbia River in Washington Territory. Swan
eagerly became a part of the frontier community, enjoying the
company of both the white settlers and friendly Indians in the
area. First published in 1857, his classic account of the western
frontier remains fresh and timely for the modern reader. Swan saw
himself as both an observer and participant in a barbaric invasion.
His interest in the Indians and his acceptance of them as
individuals of importance and integrity emerge clearly in a lively
and informed narrative.
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