Description

Ernest Thompson Seton ” The Gospel of the Red Man – an Indian Bible” SIGNED 1st Edition 1936

Very Good ++ Condition

Includes a hand written letter from Raymond Hatfield Gardner “Arizona Bill” to Reverand Marmion

Publisher: Doubleday Doran, Garden City, 1936. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good++. First Edition. SIGNED, INSCRIBED, DATED, 12 July 1937, AND WITH A PAW PRINT DRAWN BY THE AUTHOR, ERNEST THOMPSON SETON. 121 pages 5 1/4″ x 7 3/4″ Orange cloth with black on spine, embossed stamped design on face; orange Dust Jacket with black on spine and face; Dust Jacket spine faded, tail chipped, several sm closed tears; clean, tight and bright.

INCLUDED:

Includes letter written by Raymond Hatfield Gardner known as “Arizona Bill” a Scout and Indian Fighter and Pony Express Rider, Entertainer for the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, San Antonio Radio Host : Souix name, “Hen-Li-Su-Ki-Eote” -“Boy Who Loves Nature” to Reverand William Marmion to whom Seton signed the book “The Gospel of the Red Man – an Indian Bible”.

Reverand Marmion was ordained deacon on July 20, 1932, and to the priesthood on April 5, 1933, by the Bishop of Texas Clinton S. Quin. He then served as minister-in-charge of St James’ Church in Taylor, Texas and Grace Church in Georgetown, Texas from 1932 to 1935. In 1935 he became associate minister of St Mark’s Church in San Antonio, Texas, while in 1938 he transferred to Birmingham, Alabama to become rector of St Mary-on-the-Highlands. In 1950 he became rector of St Andrew’s Church in Wilmington, Delaware, where he remained until 1954.

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