Montana Bullwhacker

Rouse, C.C.

Published by Pacific Press, Mountain View, 1969

About this Item

The hero of these 128 pages is Elisha Rouse. That name and the b/w photographs at the open and the close, tell me this is fictionalized (American) family history. The time is 1858 -1875 approx. Read more about : Henry Edgar, Alder Gulch, rattlesnakes, cavalry horses, Bozeman Pass, Bill Fairweather, Fort Benton, and California goldfields. Geared to the 11 to 19 year old reader. Steel's b/w drawings accompany text. Cond : Ppaper wrapper is light blue. Artwork wraps-around. Cover art shows a small band of Crow Indians, a cowboy and a wagon train. General wear. spine leans. Rubbed Name of p/o ( a famous Calgary musician (??) - JR) on ffep. Mary Ann Seitz poem laid in. Very good reading copy. Quote (p. 31) : " ._._. saw people killed almost daily with guns and knives. Some good things happened in Bannack during these months. One of the best was the coming of Sidney Edgerton. He had been elected to Congress in 1858. Now in 1863, he had accepted an appointment as chief justice of ._._._. ." Size: 8vo.

Seller Inventory # 011507

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Montana Bullwhacker
• Publisher: Pacific Press, Mountain View
• Publication Date: 1969
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: John Steel (cover)
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • History - the States