SoldSarah Winnemucca Hopkins

Life Among The Piutes

Their Wrongs and Claims

Boston: Printed for the Author; for sale by Cupples, Upham & Co., 1883. 7½ inches, duodecimo. Publisher's green cloth, black-stamped greek-key border to boards, gilt title to spine. 268 pp. Hopkins championed the rights of the Northern Paiute people at a time of forced relocation and federal mismanagement; a foundational text in both Native American history and Western Americana.

Fair. Cloth faded with significant fraying and minor losses at spine tips and corners; lower spine with discoloration; gilt dulled. Both hinges cracked; text block cocked but secure with no loose pages. Previous owner's name and location to front pastedown in pencil. Minor foxing throughout; p. 97/98 missing upper corner, not affecting text. Contents toned but generally clean.

The first autobiography published in English by a Native American woman, and the first instance of a Native American woman securing U.S. copyright registration.

Graff 1950 · Paher 888 · Rader 1927 · Smith 1766