Reluctant Frontiersman: James Ross Larkin on the Sante Fe Trail, 1856-57 Tapa dura - 1990

University of New Mexico Press, 1990. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: . 202 pages. Lightly toned pages; very good book. The jacket has light creasing and wear; discoloring. Foreword by Marc Simmons. Remainder mark. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: American History; ISBN: 0826311830. ISBN/EAN: 9780826311832. Inventory No: 202712. . 9780826311832

University of New Mexico Press, 1990. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1990. Hardcover. VG/Very Good. Foreword by Marc Simmons. 1st Edition. 202 pp. Dust jacket, illus., index, biblio.. remainder stamp on bottom edge

Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 1990. First Edition Stated . Hard Back. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5 3/4" x 8 1/4. 202 Pages Indexed. Foreword by Marc Simmons. Published in cooperation with the Historical Society of New Mexico. Maroon boards with gold spine lettering. Dust jacket protected by vinyl cover that has 2 1/2 inch scotch tape that held vinyl cover to endpapers. Small red remainder mark on bottom page edges. Otherwise an As New used book with a faultless interior. Among the travelers in William Bent's Santa Fe Trail caravan in the fall of 1856 was the wealthy St. Louis-bred James Ross Larkin (1831-1875). Larkin, a perennial dyspeptic, had heard about other sickly young men for whom a journey over the Santa Fe Trail produced a prairie cure. He, too, set out in the hope of bettering his health, but lasting improvement eluded him. The trip nevertheless engaged his interest, and in this hitherto unknown diary we have the detailed record of a health-seeker and tourist on… Leer más

Alburquerque: University of New Mexico Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0826311830 . Clean maroon cloth with gilt title on spine. Pictorial frontispiece. Illustrated with facsimile and portrait. Text block tight, clean & intact. Intact dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Inscribed by the author. Santa Fe Trail literature. West; Facsimile of letters; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 202 pages; Signed by Author .

University of New Mexico Press, 1990. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. Hardcover. University of New Mexico Press, 1990, first edition. In near fine condition, remainder mark on bottom of page edges. Among the travelers in William Bent's Santa Fe Trail caravan in the faill of 1856 was the wealthy St. Louis-bred James Ross Larkin, a perennial dyspeptic. He came for a "prairie cure"..

Albuquerque:: University of New Mexico Press,, (1990.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The diaries of Larkin, a young, properous businessman from St Louis, who travelled to Santa Fe in the hopes of improving his health, edited and annotated by Barbour. with a foreword by Marc Simmons. Larkin travelled to Santa Fe in William Bent's caravan in the fall of 1856, and his diaries of the trip as a "tourist" detail his impressions of Plains Indians & New Mexican life. Includes appendices with newspaper accounts, some of his letters from 1866. Photographs, double page route map, extensive notes, bibliography, index. xvi, 202 pp.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1990 First edition. . Edited and Annotated by Barton H. Barbour. Foreword by Marc Simmons. xvi, [2], 202pp. Frontispiece portrait, reproductions of documents, portrait of Larkin's wife, double-page route map. Appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Maroon cloth, gilt. A very fine copy with dust jacket. Presents the diaries of Larkin, a young and prosperous businessman from St. Louis, who traveled to Santa Fe in the hopes of improving his health. Larkin traveled to Santa Fe in William Bent's caravan in the fall of 1856. His diaries of the trip as a "tourist" detail his impressions of Plains Indians and New Mexican life. The appendices include newspaper accounts and some of his letters from 1866..

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.