VIA WESTERN EXPRESS & STAGECOACH

Stanford, CA: Stanford Univ Press, 1945. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Archival Photos & Illustrations. Text/NEW & Bright.Vintage 1945, First Edition, 2nd Printing. Illustrated beige linen boards/Fine. DJ/Fine; sound w/light edge wear & rubs; under mylar. Maps to endpapers. Socio-Economic life of transportation in pre-railroad California. A studied, colorful account rich w/anecdotes of the days of Express, Pony Express, stagecoaches, other rival modes of transport, not excluding bandits, by Indiana Univ. historian Oscar Osburn Winther's (1903 - 1969). Contents of this volume filled with "the more human, the more picturesque & exciting aspects of overland transportation". Book rounds off, or 'gives meat to the bones', to Winther's earlier publication "Express and Stagecoach Day in California" (Stanford Univ Press,1936) which focused on the economic trends & the business philosophy of the same period. 158 pgs w/archival illustrations in 10 chapters: 1, Gold! Gold! Gold!; 2, All Aboard; 3, Coming of the Express; 4, Wells Fargo Triumphant; 5, Knights Of The Lash; 6, Throw Down That Box!; 7, The End Of The Turbulent 'Fifties'; 8, The Butterfield Overland Mail; 9, Mochila Mail; and 10, The Battle Of The Giants. Fine copy.