A Frontier Doctor

Hoyt, Henry F.

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1929

About this Item

8vo. [9], x-xv, [2], 2-260 pp. Brown woven cloth with green lettering on the front board and spine; yellow topstain. Lacks the dust jacket. Illustrated with a frontispiece photograph of the author and seventeen additional plates of black and white photographs of Hoyt's days on the Western frontier of the United States. Photographs depict Jesse James, Cole Younger, Billy the Kid, letters from Billy the Kid, Hoyt pan-handling for gold in Texas, and his days of military service in the Spanish-American War. With an introduction by Frank B. Kellogg. Adams 1055. Howes H-747. Hoyt first journeyed to the Black Hills as a young man, and made his way to Santa Fe, and then to Texas as he grew into a mature adult. He ends his memoir with his recollections of service in the Spanish-American War, and his days spent in the Philippines. A touch of fading to the front board and topstain, top textblock shows a tiny push; plates show a spot or two of foxing but overall the book is internally clean. Seller Inventory # 00009839

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Frontier Doctor

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston

Publication Date: 1929

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: First edition.