LIFE ON THE PLAINS AND AMONG THE DIGGINGS; BEING SCENES AND ADVENTURES OF AN OVERLAND JOURNEY TO CALIFORNIA: WITH PARTICULAR INCIDENTS OF THE ROUTE, MISTAKES AND SUFFERINGS OF THE EMIGRANTS, THE INDIAN TRIBES, THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE GREAT WEST
Delano, Alonzo
Published by Miller, Orton & Mulligan, Auburn & Buffalo, 1854
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384pp. plus four plates, including frontispiece. Publisher's blindstamped brown cloth, gilt pictorial spine. Wear, rubbing, and light soiling to boards, spine ends starting to fray, corners bumped and worn. Light foxing and occasional soiling throughout. Good. First edition, first issue. Delano went overland in 1849, and became one of the leading literary chroniclers of the Gold Rush as "Old Block." A factual account of the trip and life at the diggings. "One of the most forceful accounts of the journey to and of adventure in the mines of California, by a gifted observer and writer." - Wheat. "One of the best 'forty-niner' narratives" - Howes. MINTZ 121. WAGNER-CAMP 238:1. HOWES D230. COWAN, p.163. WHEAT GOLD RUSH 57. KURUTZ 177a. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 132. Seller Inventory # WRCAM56515
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Title: LIFE ON THE PLAINS AND AMONG THE DIGGINGS; ...
Publisher: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, Auburn & Buffalo
Publication Date: 1854
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