Long out of print and much sought after bycollectors, Lansden s classic 1910 history of Cairo remains valuable for the early history of the city. Its reprinting here, with a new Foreword by Clyde C. Walton, former Illinois State Historian, thus makes available again one of the finest examples of local history ever written, stressing as itdoes Cairo s important relations with its area and with the countryin Lansden s words, this part of the Valley of the Mississippithis Illinois Country. "
Long out of print and much sought after bycollectors, Lansden s classic 1910 history of Cairo remains valuable for the early history of the ci...
