LIFE IN WHITEHALL DURING THE SHIP FEVER TIMES
Whitehall, NY: Ingles & Tefft, 1900. First edition thus. Original Cloth. First published in 1850 and here greatly expanded. pp: (vi) introduction, (76) text, (26) pictorial ads for local Whitehall businesses; 44 plates from photographs. Red cloth, stamped in blind and gilt; faded area on cover. 9" x 6" Very Good. Item #037874
By volume, this book is half historical fiction and half business directory & city almanac. The narrative is set in Whitehall, New York, in 1847, and based on actual events there during an epidemic of deadly fever blamed on recent immigrants who had arrived by ship. This is the first book by the author who went on to write "Twelve Years A Slave." [Wright, American Fiction, III-6011].
Price: $90.00