DRUMS with Pictures by N. C. Wyeth, 1928 [SOLD]

Drums, set in Edenton, North Carolina, was novelist James Boyd's first book. When published in 1925, it was hailed as one of the best novels written about the American Revolution.  It is the very human story of Johnny Fraser, the son of Scottish immigrants living in North Carolina, who joins in the fight for freedom. The novel contains a particularly fine portrait of John Paul Jones, who commands the Bonhomme Richard in a naval battle while Johnny is aboard.

Johnny Fraser is torn between loyalty to the British Crown and the talk of independence passing among his neighbors. When Johnny joins the fight for freedom, his adventures bring him in contact with John Paul Jones.  He goes off to fight in the Revolutionary War and has adventures on both sides of the Atlantic.

There are 14 full-color plates by N. C. Wyeth and 47 pen drawings.

Condition: very good condition.  Spine on back cover is loose and there is one small tear in the leather on the spine.  Text pages are in very good condition with pencil marks on two pages that have been erased. The year 1928 has been written in pencil on first blank page.

Provenance: from the personal library of a Santa Fe resident