Biography of Reverend Thomas Thacher, or: Reverend Thomas Thacher, A Biographical Sketch

Denver, Colorado: Range Press, 1937. Very Good. Biography of Reverend Thomas Thacher, or: Reverend Thomas Thacher, A Biographical Sketch, Nolie Mumey, Range Press, Denver, Colorado, 1937, 6 x 8 inches, 18 pp.

Tan, quarter white boards, gilt stamped lettering to front; minor spot stain to back, else exterior like new; text and frontispiece illustration clean, unmarked; overall very good condition. Four copies found in OCLC as of December 11, 2023.

A clean, scarce copy of this short biographical sketch of Reverend Thomas Thacher (1620-1678), author of the first medical document to be published in North America: 'A Brief Rule to Guide the Common People of New England how to order Themselves and Theirs in the Small Pocks or Measels', published 1677.

Nolie Mumey (1891-1984) was an American medical doctor, Army veteran, licensed pilot, and prolific author. From the Denver Public Library Archives: "One of his favorite anecdotes involved his inability to provide directions to Denver's downtown post office. This proved to be such an embarrassment, Mumey vowed to learn everything there was to know about Denver. In the process, he wrote nearly 100 books, many of which were devoted to Western history and medical topics" (Nolie Mumey Papers, Identifier: WH532).