Crofutt's new overland tourist and Pacific coast guide, containing a condensed and authentic description of over one thousand two hundred cities, towns, villages, stations, government fort and camps, mountains, lakes, rivers, sulphur, soda and hot springs, scenery, watering places, and summer resorts . over the Union, Central and Southern Pacific railroads, their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage . Vol. I - 1878-79

Crofutt, George A.

Published by Overland Publishing Co, Chicago, 1878

About this Item

First edition, 8vo, irregular pagination: [8], [25]-255, [2], [300]-322, [1] ads; ads on endpapers, 18 double-p. wood-engraved views inserted, many other wood-engravings and maps in the text (a few full-page); one signature sprung, bookplate removed causing loss to ads on front pastedown; the whole a bit worn and rubbed, but still a good copy, complete with all the inserted engravings. "Crofutt launched a series of western railroad guides [of which this is the first] which appeared, generally with annual revisions and in various other formats, into the 1890s. The Crofutt series was by far the best available to the early transcontinental traveler.This series marked the beginnings of guides for recreational travel such as hiking in the West" (Reese). Flake 2593; Reese, Best of the West, 178.

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• Title: Crofutt's new overland tourist and Pacific coast guide, containing a condensed and authentic description of over one thousand two hundred cities, towns, villages, stations, government fort and camps, mountains, lakes, rivers, sulphur, soda and hot springs, scenery, watering places, and summer resorts . over the Union, Central and Southern Pacific railroads, their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage . Vol. I - 1878-79
• Publisher: Overland Publishing Co, Chicago
• Publication Date: 1878
• Edition: 1st Edition
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