BIOGRAPHIES AND LEGENDS OF THE NEW ENGLAND INDIANS Compiled and Edited by the Staff of New England Journeys Magazine

First edition, first printing. With illustrations throughout by Robert J. Neary. Small folio, approx 8.5 by 5.5 inches, staple-bound in the original printed wrapper featuring Indian portraits in burnt umber by Robert. J. Neary [ii], 76, [1] pp. Well preserved for a delicate and inexpensively produced paperback of this era. The text fine but for a few pages dog-eared at the lower corner, the wrappers attractive and complete with little or no wear but a bit of general mottling and also dog-eared at the lower corner.

Edizione: scarce, informative, and entreatingly written. this history of the new england native american tribes begins many, many years prior to the pilgrims. it includes information on european explorers and traders who had contact with the native peoples prior to the plymouth colony as well. there is much on massasoit, squanto, tokamahamon, and the pilgrim wars with the massachusetts and wampanoag. this is followed by numerous biographies.<br> new england journeys was a regional publication of the ford motor company, similar to reader's digest and yankee in format.