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HORGAN, PAUL - Josiah Gregg and His Vision of the Early West

Title: Josiah Gregg and His Vision of the Early West
Description: New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0374180172. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several tiny edge nicks and some light rubbing to the spine ends and edges. "Josiah Gregg (19 July 1806 – 25 February 1850) was an American merchant, explorer, naturalist, and author of Commerce of the Prairies about the American Southwest and Northern Mexico regions. He collected many previously undescribed plants on his merchant trips and during the Mexican–American War after which he went to California. He reportedly died of a fall from his mount due to starvation near Clear Lake, California, on 25 February 1850 after a cross-country expedition which fixed the location of Humboldt Bay. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

Keywords: 0374180172 Western Americana Paul Horgan Josiah Gregg Naturalists Travel & Exploration The West

Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 41251

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