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Salem MA: Higginson Book Co., c 2000. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. 512 pages. Facsimile of 1891 original. Condition is Near Fine; looks new on all points. STK

Erie, PA: Herald Printing and Publishing Company, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. 512 pp, in original gray cloth binding, with faded gilt titles. Illustrated with portraits and somewhat amateurish line drawings. Boards edgeworn, previous owner's name on front free endpaper; front hinge just a bit wobbly, but binding sound, text clean. In addition to folksy tales of pioneer life in Pennsylvania and Ohio, this volume includes content on the early American petroleum industy. Eberstadt: "Early days in the oil regions; Drake's discovery; Franklin; Oil City; the Stede Farm; oil production; Bennehoff robbery of half a million; Titusville, etc." Howes S-108.