Author: POMEROY, EARL
Title: In Search of the Golden West the Tourist in Western America
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. The dust jacket has several edge nicks, small chips, rubbing to the spine joints, and a coupel of wrinkles. "Earl Spencer Pomeroy (1915–2005) was an American historian whose work focused on the Western United States. Pomeroy was born in Capitola, California. He received his B. A. From San Jose State College in 1936, and subsequently attended the University of California, Berkeley for graduate work, where he received his Ph. D. In 1940 under the direction of Frederic L. Paxson. From 1942 to 1945, Pomeroy taught at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. In 1945, he moved to Ohio State University, where he remained until 1949. In that year, he accepted a position at the University of Oregon, where he remained until 1986. He served as the Beekman Professor of History at Oregon. He served on the Department of the Army Historical Advisory Committee. In his time at Oregon, he oversaw 20 doctoral dissertations. These included those of Thomas R. Cox, Wallace Farnham, John Gimbel, Gene M. Gressley, James E. Hendrickson, Richard Ruetten, Peter Simpson, Jacob H. Dorn, and M. S. Van Kataramini. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: Western Americana Earl Pomeroy Tourism California Travel
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Title: In Search of the Golden West the Tourist in Western America
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. The dust jacket has several edge nicks, small chips, rubbing to the spine joints, and a coupel of wrinkles. "Earl Spencer Pomeroy (1915–2005) was an American historian whose work focused on the Western United States. Pomeroy was born in Capitola, California. He received his B. A. From San Jose State College in 1936, and subsequently attended the University of California, Berkeley for graduate work, where he received his Ph. D. In 1940 under the direction of Frederic L. Paxson. From 1942 to 1945, Pomeroy taught at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. In 1945, he moved to Ohio State University, where he remained until 1949. In that year, he accepted a position at the University of Oregon, where he remained until 1986. He served as the Beekman Professor of History at Oregon. He served on the Department of the Army Historical Advisory Committee. In his time at Oregon, he oversaw 20 doctoral dissertations. These included those of Thomas R. Cox, Wallace Farnham, John Gimbel, Gene M. Gressley, James E. Hendrickson, Richard Ruetten, Peter Simpson, Jacob H. Dorn, and M. S. Van Kataramini. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: Western Americana Earl Pomeroy Tourism California Travel
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 42136
- Book number: 42136
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