Gold, Guns, & Ghost Towns

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1947. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is a previous owner's address label on the front endpaper. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the dust jacket. There is a two inch tear to the top rear spine joint. "Chalfant had become concerned about preservation of Inyo County's history before the 1870s when written records began to be kept, and he became the self appointed chronicler of the county's robust pioneer years, interviewing those who had been part of its turbulent history and searching newspaper files, official government reports, survey field notes, state legislative journals, county government records, personal archives and books for confirmation and amplification of those accounts. Chalfant's research was the basis of stories and columns in his paper until the week of his death. They began appearing in book form in 1921 with The Story of Inyo." (from Inyo Register webpage). .