Prisoners of Perote: Containing a Journal Kept by the Author, Who was Captured by the Mexicans, at Mier, December 25, 1842, and Released from Perote, May 16, 1844
de Stapp, William Preston
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Philadelphia, G. B. Zieber and Company, 1845. First Edition. 12mo. 164pp. Hardcover. Good. Red cloth with faded gilt lettering on spine; housed in modern slipcase. Boards have heavy soiling; new pastedowns and endpapers. From Jenkins Basic Texas Books: This was the first book to appear on the Mier Expedition; it is still one of the best. Stapp was a highly literate private soldier, observant and interested in what went on around him. His book provides a summary of events in Texas from 1836 to 1842, including the Vasquez and Woll expeditions, the Dawson Massacre, the Battle of Mier, and his imprisonment in Perote Prison. Howes S-891. Jenkins Basic Texas Books 197. Graff 3949. .
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- Prisoners of Perote: Containing a Journal Kept by the Author, Who was Captured by the Mexicans, at Mier, December 25, 1842, and Released from Perote, May 16, 1844
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