PRAIRIE AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN ADVENTURES OR LIFE IN THE WEST. TO WHICH WILL BE ADDED A VIEW OF THE STATES AND TERRITORIAL REGIONS OF OUR WESTERN EMPIRE: EMBRACING HISTORY, STATISTICS AND GEOGRAPHY, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE CHIEF CITIES OF THE WEST.

640pp; includes Table of Distances from East to West. Full, blind-stamped brown leather. Spine edges chipped. Marbled endpapers; marbled page edges. No library stamps. Lacking Title Page and Frontispiece; published date circa 1859-1860. Contents textually unmarked; interior foxing. Chapters cover: historical sketches; life on the frontier; early history of Ohio; pioneers of Tennessee; Indian Antiquities and Mounds; the Mississippi; early history of Missouri; western scenery; the Oregon region; prairie hunting; California and the Mines; Mormons; mountain regions explored; journey from Missouri to Oregon; Pacific region explored; Kansas; Washington territory; Oregon territory; California; Territory of Utah and New Mexico; Texas; Indian Territory; Territory of Kansas and Nebraska; Minnesota Territory; Rocky Mountains; Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky--boundaries, geology, minerals, rivers, soil, manufactures, education, religion, population, towns, government, history, and more.