Author: MORGAN, DALE L. Title: Jedediah Smith and the Opening of the West
Description: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1964. Softcover. ISBN: 0803251386. A paperback edition of Dale L. Morgan's examination of the travels and explorations of Jedediah Smith. Smith traveled widely in the American West between 1822 and 1831 and is credited with discovering the critically-important South Pass, among many other things. With a fold-out map, and a handful of black & white illustrations; indexed. This work originally published by Bobbs-Merrill. --- In wraps with Frederic Remington's drawing "Jedediah Smith's Party Crossing the Mojave Desert in 1826" to front panel. --- With prior owner's signature and info. to half title and considerable rubbing to covers, otherwise a sound, tightly-bound copy.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; 458 pages. Very Good- .
Keywords: 0803251386 >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir >>History of Colorado & the Old West
Price: US$ 12.00 Seller: Bluebird Books
- Book number: 87166