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Hardcover. Condition: VG. 1st Edition. iv, [5]-513pp, illustrated, rebound in modern green cloth with gilt title at spine, light wear and soiling. From the diaries and manuscripts of Belden. In the book, he relates that he ran away from home at the age of thirteen, and ended up in Brownsville, Nebraska Territory. Although Brisbin vouches for Belden's veracity, many Western American scholars believe that most of Belden's narrative is a series of brash fabrications strung on a thread of historical fact. See Field 125, Howes 781, Graff 235, Rader 326, and Coyle, OHIO AUTHORS AND THEIR BOOKS. …