MCCALLA, WILLIAM LATTA | Adventures in Texas, Chiefly in the Spring and Summer of 1840; with a Discussion of Comparative Character, Political, Religious and Moral... Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1841

Property from the Sporting and Travel Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson

MCCALLA, WILLIAM LATTA 

Adventures in Texas, Chiefly in the Spring and Summer of 1840; with a Discussion of Comparative Character, Political, Religious and Moral... Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1841

12mo (5 3/4 x 3 5/8 in.; 145 x 91 mm). Occasional spotting throughout. Later quarter calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands in five compartments, black label with gilt text to second, others with gilt rules.

First edition. McCalla was a Presbyterian minister with a taste for adventure. The present text is nicely summarized in the Dictionary of American Biography: "a curious miscellany of narrative, broad humor, religious sentiment, and defense of the morals of the Texans, along with several appendices, including a manual of procedure for church tribunals."

REFERENCE:

Streeter, Texas 1387; Howes M34; Graff 2575; Sabin 42979; Rader 2275