Indian Legends. In commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of the reception of the plates containing the ancient history of the American Indians, September 22, 1927
Independence, MO: Zion's Printing & Publishing Company, 1928. First Edition. 339pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Brown cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Better than very good. Item #11037
Signed by the author on the front free endsheet. In this work LeSueur gathers narratives from various standard sources to explore historical and cultural intersections between Native American folklore and the Book of Mormon. James Warren LeSueur (1878–1948) was a prominent Mormon pioneer, businessman, and civic leader in Arizona. Born in Montpelier, Idaho, he relocated to Arizona as an infant. He served as the president of the Maricopa Stake and was in the Presidency for the Mesa Temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He also ran a general mercantile store. Flake/Draper 4879.
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