Kickapoo Indian Dream Book.

Published by [New Haven, CT]: [Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co.], [n.d., ca. 1894Ð1906].

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ÒTexas CharlieÓ Bigelow and John ÒDocÓ Healy were a pair of white entrepreneurs who made a small fortune touring their medicine show across the US. Bigelow claimed to have been rescued from a life-threatening fever while patrolling Indian Country as a U.S. Army scout. The Chief who happened upon him administered ÒKickapoo SagwaÓ and sent Bigelow back to the Northeast with a convoy of medicine men to reproduce the concoction. This, of course, was an entirely fabricated origin story. Both men had been peddling fake medicines for some time when they joined forces. See ÒSugar, a Mild Laxative, and a Dollop of AlcoholÓ on the historynet website. 5 x 7 in. 32 pp. + [2] publisherÕs ad on inner wrappers. Small black and white woodcut illustrations throughout. Black and white pictorial wrappers, stapled. Some foxing to spine and page edges. Mild ink fading on select pages. A very good + copy. OCLC records numerous printings, the earliest purported to be 1892 and the latest, 1907. A personal account in the present copy details health developments occurring in the winter of 1894. The presence of the name ÒHealyÓ suggests this copy was printed prior to John ÒDocÓ Healy selling his half of the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. in 1906. Earlier printings featured color wrappers. Consistent with medicinal pamphlets of the period, the present work blends effusive personal testimonial, sensational advertising copy, as well as more general interest prose. In this instance, the pamphlet is interspersed with rudimentary dream interpretation guides, all ostensibly drawing upon ancient Indian wisdom. With entries such as ÒIf you are ill and dream of washing it is a sign of recoveryÓ and ÒTo stumble in a dream and fall means misfortune and sickness; If you stumble but do not fall it foretells success and recovery from sicknessÓ the advice included herein is as dubious as it is specific.The book explains that "The womb is the seat of all 'Female Weakness'." The cure is the Kickapoo salve, "applied directly to the seat of the trouble.".

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Title
Kickapoo Indian Dream Book.
Author
Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co.
Publisher
[New Haven, CT]: [Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co.], [n.d., ca. 1894Ð1906].
Condition
Very good
Binding
Soft cover

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Our office is located in Los Angeles on West Third Street, between the Beverly Center and Farmer's Market. Though we gave up an open shop after more than thirty years, we welcome serious customers and dealers. We are normally open from 10 to 6 Monday through Saturday. Since some of our less expensive books are located in a temperature-controlled storage area offsite, you may want to call ahead of time to insure that the book you want to see will be available. We feature a stock strong in literature, history, Western philosophy, history of science, history of computers, and art. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. We have books from the 15th to the 20th century in all prices ranges. We do appraisals for income tax and insurance purposes. We purchase individual books and libraries. Proprietors: Michael R. Thompson, Kathleen D. Thompson, Carol Sandberg

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