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Published by University of Nebraska Press - Bison Book, Lincoln, NE, U.S.A., 1982
ISBN 10: 0803281161ISBN 13: 9780803281165
Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Ninth Printing. 294 Pages. This is an August 1982 First Bison Book printing of Yale University Press 1962 copyright. No defects noted on this otherwise As New book with flawless interior text. In 1846 Susan Magoffin, 18 years old and a bride of less than eight months, set out with her husband, a veteran Santa Fe trader, on a trek from Missouri through New Mexico and to Chihuahua, Mexico. Her journal describes the excitement, routine, and dangers of a successful merchant's wife. On the trail for fifteen months, moving from house to house and town to town, she became adept in Spanish and the lingo of traders, and wrote down in detail the customs and appearances of places she went. She gave birth to her first child during the journey. A valuable social and historical record of her encounters that gives a sparkling account of the beauties of the Southwest and its history and also signals a distinct change in American perception of Mexicans.
Published by University of Nebraska Press - A Bison Book, Lincoln and London, 1982
ISBN 10: 0803281161ISBN 13: 9780803281165
Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Book
Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Fifth Printing. 294 Pages Indexed. Pages 105-124 bottom corner is crimped otherwwise beautiful tight square book with very attractive cover. In June 1846 Susan Shelby Magoffin, eighteen years old and a bride of less than eight months, set out with her husband, a veteran Santa Fe trader, on a trek from Independence, Missouri, through New Mexico and south to Chihuahua. Her travel journal was written at a crucial time, when the Mexican War was beginning and New Mexico was occupied by Stephen Watts Kearny and the Army of the West. Her journal describes the excitement, routine, and dangers of a successful merchant's wife. On the trail for fifteen months, moving from house to house and town to town, she became adept in Spanish and the lingo of traders, and wrote down in detail the customs and appearances of places she went. She gave birth to her first child during the journey and admitted, "This thing of marrying is not what it is cracked up to be." Valuable as a social and historical record of her encounters- she met Zachary Taylor and was agreeably disappointed to find him disheveled but kindly-her journal is equally important as a chronicle of her growing intelligence, experience, and strength, her lost illusions and her coming to terms with herself. Includes a map showing the route.
Published by Santa Fe, New Mexico:William Gannon, 1975
Seller: Parnassus Book Service, Inc, YarmouthPort, MA, U.S.A.
Association Member: SNEAB
hard cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Santa Fe, New Mexico:William Gannon. 1975. xxxv+294pp. Illustrated. Reprint of 1962 Yale University Press edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very good, clean copy. A previous owners name/address is on the first free end-page, with no other marks or signatures found. Light soiling to page edges. The binding is tight and hinges intact. The dust jacket is still near very good, soiled and shelf-worn at edges, with several small tears. It is price clipped. .