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FIELD, Joseph E. (1802-1882). Three Years in Texas. Including a View of the Texan Revolution, and an Account of the Principal Battles, Together With Descriptions of the Soil, Commercial and Agricultural Advantages, &c. Boston: Abel Tompkins, 1836.
8o (204 x 131 mm). (Some pale spotting.) Original blue printed wrappers; brown cloth folding case.
THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER BOOK FOR THE REVOLUTION AS A WHOLE (Streeter Texas, introduction). Second edition. "This important Texas pamphlet seems to be the first printing in book or pamphlet form of an account by a participant of the taking of San Antonio by the Texans in December 1835...Indeed, except for the broadside Fall of Bexar and Surrender of General Cós and the four-page folder on the Mexican side, Noticias Interesantes, also the broadsheet which followed it, telling of Fannin's capture, this is the first published account by a participant, except perhaps in a newspaper, of these two important events in the Texan revolution. It is one of the best sources of the tragic defeat of Fannin...Field, who came to Texas in December, 1833, took part in the opening skirmish of the revolution at Gonzales and then was in the force which besieged and later took San Antonio in December, 1835. He joined Fannin at Goliad on March 6, 1836, and was with the little force which surrendered to Urrea. Being a surgeon, he was ordered to attend the Mexican wounded and thus was one of the few who escaped the mass execution ordered by Santa Anna a few days after Fannin's surrender. For several weeks Field continued to care for the wounded Mexicans, but finally made his escape and after a perilous journey arrived at Velasco about the middle of May. He was then granted a furlough to visit the United States" (Streeter Texas). The first edition was issued in the same year by Justin Jones in Greenfield, Mass. A second issue of this second edition was also published in 1836, jointly by Jones and Tompkins. Clark Old South III:157; Fifty Texas Rarities 14; Graff 1314; Howes F-114 ("b"); Jones 980; Raines p. 81 (incorrect title and description); Sabin 24283 (incorrect imprint); Streeter Texas 1202A.
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THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER BOOK FOR THE REVOLUTION AS A WHOLE (Streeter Texas, introduction). Second edition. "This important Texas pamphlet seems to be the first printing in book or pamphlet form of an account by a participant of the taking of San Antonio by the Texans in December 1835...Indeed, except for the broadside Fall of Bexar and Surrender of General Cós and the four-page folder on the Mexican side, Noticias Interesantes, also the broadsheet which followed it, telling of Fannin's capture, this is the first published account by a participant, except perhaps in a newspaper, of these two important events in the Texan revolution. It is one of the best sources of the tragic defeat of Fannin...Field, who came to Texas in December, 1833, took part in the opening skirmish of the revolution at Gonzales and then was in the force which besieged and later took San Antonio in December, 1835. He joined Fannin at Goliad on March 6, 1836, and was with the little force which surrendered to Urrea. Being a surgeon, he was ordered to attend the Mexican wounded and thus was one of the few who escaped the mass execution ordered by Santa Anna a few days after Fannin's surrender. For several weeks Field continued to care for the wounded Mexicans, but finally made his escape and after a perilous journey arrived at Velasco about the middle of May. He was then granted a furlough to visit the United States" (Streeter Texas). The first edition was issued in the same year by Justin Jones in Greenfield, Mass. A second issue of this second edition was also published in 1836, jointly by Jones and Tompkins. Clark Old South III:157; Fifty Texas Rarities 14; Graff 1314; Howes F-114 ("b"); Jones 980; Raines p. 81 (incorrect title and description); Sabin 24283 (incorrect imprint); Streeter Texas 1202A.