The Honest Farmer from Arkansas on a Lark Seein' The West

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344 pages, illustrations, original red cloth stamped in gilt and blind, fly-leaf stuck to front paste-down, lacks frontis, four letters on the title page partially missing, pencil scribbling on rear fly-leafs, cover with heavy wear but gilt lettering on front cover very visible. Milam's narrative is a rare and interesting account of a trip to Oklahoma and through the West as letters written to wife Mollie gives his travel details. He first travelled to Fort Sill, Indian territory to secure a land claim but was dissatisfied, moving on to Corpus Christi, Galveston, and San Antonio before settling in the Pacific Northwest. The snapshots or plates were taken of Native Americans, scenes of the Oklahoma land rush, Green River, Wyoming, and Texas. Rader 2393. Not in Decker, Eberstadt, Howes. Graff or Streeter Sale. Not a pretty copy but definitely a rare item, very good or better copies sell upwards of $2,000. N° de ref. del artículo 017157

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