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220pp. Original thin black cloth over pastepaper boards. Cloth peeling at corners, sunned, cloth frayed at spine ends, front hinge cracked. Bookplate of Everett D. Graff on front pastedown, ink ownership stamp of author's son W.A. Dundas on front pastedown, fly leaf, and occasionally to upper margin throughout. Very light foxing, an occasional small stain. Lower corner of rear endpaper torn, with the torn piece laid in. Good plus. The Graff copy of this scarce and detailed history of Nemaha County, Nebraska, also with the ownership marks of the author's son, Wendell Audubon Dundas. Though the book was issued without a titlepage, the full title was apparently meant to be the Granger History of Nemaha County, according to advertisements in the author's paper and a publisher's label present in the University of Chicago copy. The author, John Henry Dundas, was a leading man in late-19th century Nemaha County, and held many important public positions, including Justice of the Peace and state senator (on the Populist ticket). Dundas was politically independent, as was his newspaper the Nemaha County Granger, which ran from 1892 to 1915. Dundas was popular in Auburn despite being known for his polarizing views, including a fierce adherence to temperance, a distrust of organized religion, and an active support for full political rights for women. He was also the organizer of the Auburn Chautauqua assembly. In addition to minute details of local history compiled in part from the files of the Granger and its predecessor the Nebraska Republican, including the founding of different towns, the construction of churches and other landmark buildings, the lives of noteworthy citizens, and more, Dundas devotes much of the text to the discussion of how larger national issues played out in Nemaha County. Located on the border with slaveholding Missouri, a large portion of the work describes local struggles over issues of slavery and Popular Sovereignty, the local activities of John Brown and the Underground Railroad, and the impact of the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. A scarce and noteworthy local history. Rare Book Hub records no copies at auction, and only two in bookseller catalogues from the last century. GRAFF 1177 (this copy). N° de ref. del artículo WRCAM62866
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