The Prairie-Bird. (Bound Together with) "Amy Herbert" By a Lady, (and) "The Maid of Honor; or the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. A Tale of the Sixteenth Century" [Anonymous]
New York: Harpers, 1844. First American Edition. 3/4 leather. 8vo., marbled boards. -- Front cover almost detached from the binding. (#3506). Good. Item #2071
"Murray spent several years traveling across Europe and America from 1835 and 1838, including several months with a Pawnee tribe in 1835. He described his experiences in his popular book Travels in North America (1839). He attempted to remain in the United States as Secretary of the British Legation, but failed to obtain the position. He returned to England, and wrote of the affair in a thinly-disguised novel, The Prairie-Bird (1844)"
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