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[N.p., but Jacksonville, Fl., ca. 1905].. 345pp., including portrait frontispiece of Milam and numerous full-page illustrations from photographs. Original red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Boards rubbed, cloth a bit faded and shelfworn. Front hinge tender. Very good. An entertaining account of the author's trip to Oklahoma and throughout the American West, Southwest, and Northwest at the beginning of the 20th century, written in a series of letters and short narratives from Milam to his wife Mollie, his son, and with a long section addressed to his sister and daughter. At the start, Milam appears to be based in Lufkin, Texas, though he travels all around the country and ends up in Jacksonville, Florida. Though not stated, Milam may have been a descendant of early Texas colonist and Texas Revolution hero Benjamin Milam, whose monument he visits in San Antonio. In the course of the present narrative, Milam traveled to Fort Sill, Lawton, and Comanche County in Indian Territory in 1901 to secure a… Read More