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JOURNAL OF TRAVELS FROM ST. JOSEPHS TO OREGON, WITH OBSERVATIONS OF THAT COUNTRY, TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF CALIFORNIA, ITS AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS, AND A FULL DESCRIPTION OF ITS GOLD MINES
de Root, Riley
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good
- Librería
-
Covina, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Oakland, California: Biobooks, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Foreword by Joseph A. Sullivan. First California Edition, one of 500 copies printed at The Abbey Press. This journal is one of the few known from the emigration of 1848. Riley Root left home in Knox County, Illinois on April 3, 1848; arrived in Oregon City, Oregon Territory on September 13; and reached California the following spring on May 7, 1849. Root provided his readers with information on the Oregon reaction to the Gold Rush, geography and geology of the gold district, varieties of gold, mode of searching for gold, and a general description of California. Green cloth-covered boards over a gold cloth spine with black lettering. A very good copy. Kurutz, G.: The California Gold Rush, #543b.
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- Librería
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 22973
- Título
- JOURNAL OF TRAVELS FROM ST. JOSEPHS TO OREGON, WITH OBSERVATIONS OF THAT COUNTRY, TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF CALIFORNIA, ITS AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS, AND A FULL DESCRIPTION OF ITS GOLD MINES
- Autor
- Root, Riley
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Editorial
- Biobooks
- Lugar de publicación
- Oakland, California
- Fecha de publicación
- 1955
- Palabras clave
- Westerns, Western Americana, California, Gold Rush, Oregon, Overland Travel
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Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Miembro de Biblio desde 2008
Covina, California
Sobre Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- G
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