THE NARRATIVE OF ROBERT HANCOCK HUNTER….

Austin: The Encino Press, 1966. vii,27pp. Edited with an introduction by William D. Wittliff. Frontis. portrait of Hunter by Wittliff. Decorative tan paper over boards with brown cloth spine. Second edition after the 1836 original, limited to 640 numbered copies. Fine copy in its original acetate dust wrapper. Jenkins, BTB 100: “This is the most vivid of all recollections of the Texas Revolution. Carlos Castenada called it ‘the best account of the San Jacinto campaign left by a veteran, an indispensable source.’” J. Frank Dobie: “Hunter has left some of the most revealing and lifelike word pictures of the revolution to be found in all Texas literature.” Hunter tells of his arrival in 1822 and his participation in events of Texas Revolution, including the Grass Fight, leading to the Battle of San Jacinto.