Forty - Niners. The Chronicle of the California Trail.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1931. First edition. Item #11705

9.25" x 6". 340pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; the jacket has a somewhat darkened spine, light edge wear, and some tape repairs on the reverse. This copy signed by the author on the first leaf. A good history of the route to the gold fields of California from Independence, Missouri. With much on the road itself, the mountain men and trailblazers who opened and cleared the way, etc. With many illustrations.

Price: $50.00

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