Sons of a Trackless Forest

[david58]

Anybody got any idea what copies of this book are selling for today? Where would one go to get a copy?

 

[ADK Ephraim]

Welcome to the Forum, David! Very few copies appear occasionally for sale in the $250 - $300 range. Last one I saw was on the CLA site and it was quickly snatched up, even at those prices. I've seen a copy at one of the CLA shows, as well. The Scurlock's have posted on their site that Mark Baker is working on an updated copy to be published sometime in the future.

 

[Coot]

Mark's book is a specialty item & was published in very small numbers. I am not aware of any on the market now and am not sure that I would pay the price ($250-$300 from those in the know as MJWayne) if I found one. National & international book search engines are the best bet to find a copy (ABEbooks.com and Bookfinder.com are good) but you can never tell when you might get real lucky at an antique mall or gun show. Ask your local library about getting a copy for you via their interlibrary loan service. Mrs Coot does that several times a year for rare books on 18th c clothing.

 

[david58]

Appears to be a copy on eBay today - recent listing. Too rich for my blood...

 

[BillinOregon]

What is it about this book and the Gunsmith of Grenville County? If I were either of the authors or publishers I'd sure get a fresh edition out and soak up a river of cash.

 

[saber]

there is one on e-bay now for 350.00

 

[david58]

Wow, it sold for the $350!

 

[wayne1967]

I heard a while ago it might be reprinted. Must have been wrong.

 

[jbg]

There have been rumours aboout it being reprinted for years. With the money that could be made if it were makes me think it a very poor business decision. Does anyone here ever read it, or know anyone who has? At this stage in my life, I don't like to spend money on something unless I have a reasonable idea of it's worth.

 

[George]

Does anyone here ever read it, or know anyone who has? At this stage in my life, I don't like to spend money on something unless I have a reasonable idea of it's worth.

I've read it and consider it an excellent book. It's more important as a reference book, to me. It has a very long section of the chronology of events in the early history of the frontier which is extremely good, and the appendices are equally as interesting. There are invoices of goods shipped down the Ohio, records of purchases made by the hunters in the area of Kaskaskia, IL, right after the F&I war, etc., etc. which I've spent hours poring over and learned a lot from.

As for its value, that's a decision only the individual can make. $350 is a lot of money for a book.

Spence

 

[tg]

"As for its value, that's a decision only the individual can make. $350 is a lot of money for a book."

How true Bob, I borrowed copy and read a small part of it but think the $350 is well worth the value of the information it contains. I almost shelled out $250-300 a piece for RCA 1&2 then at
about the time I was ready to buy another edition came out at $60 bucks each, that was a close one, I could have been kicking myself or quite a while.

 

[Tommy Bruce]

It is an excellent book. I'm glad I got my copy when they came out. I doubt mine is anywhere worth that though. I wore out the paper cover and there's coffee stain on part of it. If I'd a known that they were going to increase that much in value I'd a treated it with kid gloves. If your are interested in 18th century market hunters, it is the book to have.