Erb susan m (10 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Photographs, facsimiles, maps, bibliography and index. American Trail Series Vol. XXII. 296pp. Unread copy. NEW.

Hard Cover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket as Issued. First Edition. American Trails Series, XXII. Washington Peck (1801-89) "left two wagon-train diaries - published here for the first time - that log western routes not often recorded: an 1850-51 trip to the California gold fields via the Platte River-Morman Trail, the Salt Lake-Los Angeles southern route, and California coastline; and a journey over the Santa Fe Trail in 1858, continuing on the Beal Wagon Road along the 35th parallel." - publisher. 296 pages. The book is in publisher's shrink wrap. New. Pristine.…

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. A cooper and farmer from Ontario, Canada, Washington Peck (1801-89) spent decades traveling across the western frontier before finally settling in Washington Territory. Peck's chronicle of his itinerant life offers fresh insight into some of the less traveled emigrant routes across the nineteenth-century West.Peck left two wagon-train diaries - published here for the first time - that log western routes not often recorded: an 1850-51 trip to the California gold fields via the Platte River Road-Mormon Trail, the Salt Lake-Los Angeles southern route, and the California coastline; and a journey over the Santa Fe Trail in 1858, continuing on the Beale Wagon Road along the 35th parallel. In the course of their journeys, Peck and his wife Mercy witnessed many important nineteenth-century events, including the Gold Rush, the Mormon building of Salt Lake City, the Underground Railroad in Illinois, the buildup in New Mexico to the Civil War, and the admission to the Union of Washington State.Through biographical commentary and explanatory annotation, editor Susan M. Erb enriches our understanding of the diary entries. Featuring numerous illustrations and maps, this book is must reading for trail enthusiasts and provides valuable new perspectives for western historians. A cooper and farmer from Ontario, Canada, Washington Peck (1801-89) spent decades traveling across the western frontier before finally settling in Washington Territory. Peck's chronicle of his itinerant life offers fresh insight into some of the less traveled emigrant routes across the nineteenth-century West. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condición: New.

Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 296 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

First edition. 8vo. Red cloth, titles stamped in gold gilt on the front cover and spine, 296 pp. frontispiece (William Peck, circa 1850's), preface, acknowledgments, introduction, illustrated, portraits, maps, footnotes, bibliography, index. Two diaries of wagon trips to California are recorded. The first trip in 1850-51 to the California gold fields via the Platte River Road - Mormon Trail, the Salt Lake - Los Angeles southern route, and the California coastline; and the second trip in 1858 . a journey over the Santa Fe Trail, continuing on the Beale Wagon Road along the 35th parallel. In the course of their journeys, Peck and his wife Mercy witnessed many important nineteenth-century events, including the Gold Rush, the Mormon building of Salt Lake City, the Underground Railroad in Illinois, the buildup in New Mexico to the Civil War, etc. He describes his favorable relationship with Indians, the great herds of buffalo, cordial meetings with the great Ute chief Wakara, etc. He also describes how four young men traveling with his party stole some Indian ponies thus endangering them in the heart of the Navajo War, etc. As new, unread copy, without dust jacket, as issued.…

Condición: New.

Gebunden. Condición: New. KlappentextTwo never-before published trail diaries bring history to life.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Two never-before published trail diaries bring history to life.

hardcover. Condición: New. NEW. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.