ALBERT PIKE. A Biography
Little Rock, Ark. Parke-Harper Company, 1928. 1st edition. Cloth. 1st edition thus, 1928. A Good+ book. 8vo., 369 pp., plus index at rear, bound in publishers blue cloth. Cloth is faded in spots, call letters on spine base, gilt on spine faded. Previous owners bookplate inside front cover and blind stamp on title page. Front hinge webbing showing. Text appears unmarked. Good+. Item #36457
Albert Pike (December 29, 1809 – April 2, 1891) was an American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist and Confederate States Army general who served as an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court in exile from 1864 to 1865. He had previously served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army, commanding the District of Indian Territory in the Trans-Mississippi Theater. A prominent member of the Freemasons, Pike served as the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council, Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction from 1859 to 1891.
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