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Hardcover. Condición: Good/NO DUSTJACKET. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, Ltd. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1951. . Hardcover. vol 2 only . Sm 4to., 618 pp., book cover has light soiling, shelf wear on edges and corners, sunning on spine, otherwise good condition; pages clear and unmarked . Black & White Photographs (ilustrador).…

LeatherBound. Condición: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 20. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1943 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 20.…

First Editiomn. Octavo. 2nd printing. 457 pages. Fries first survived a raft trip to the region as the Columbia surged in a horrific storm shows how the human spirit survives. He showed a tremendous respect for human personality. Homesteaders, cattlemen and cattle buyers, hoboes, doctors, Chinese, saloonkeepers, and a liberated Negro slave are sketched in proper perspective. Knowledge of the Chinook jargon helped in his dealings with the Indian. The features of the book are the scores of thumbnail sketches the author gives of everyone who came within his sight: good and bad Indians, Negroes, hoboes, country doctors, county officials, Chinese, and a whole range of whites from the best 457 pages. He came from Denmark as a farmer in the Midwest and made his way to the Columbia River on a raft and nearly drowned. His desire to simply farm after miners and other settlers had abandoned what they called useless Indian country shows how he supplies many observations on the Indians, whose friend he was and whose language he spoke, their preparation of food, their "Finnish" baths, how the new diet and mode of life were detrimental to their survival. A very good copy bound in red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, spine gilt, one corner lightly bumped, the scarce unclipped pictorial dust jacket with only slight wear to spine ends and edges. …