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BENT'S FORT.
by LAVENDER, DAVID
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Greencastle, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954., 1954. First edition. First edition. Cloth, 450pp., map on endpapers, notes, index, extensive biblio. Lavender's standard history of the establishment of Bent's Fort, and the far-reaching influence that the fort and the Bent brothers had on the Santa Fe Trail and the region. Includes the story of the bloody Pueblo uprising; the heroic march of an Oregon missionary; the battle for New Mexico and the bigger battle to keep it; the exploits of Peg-leg Smith as well as other mountain men; tales of wagon trains lost on the plains ... stories of horror, humor, and heroism. Selected by the Western Writers of America as one of the all time best non-fiction works on the West. Previous owners name on front endpaper and on half-title, else a fine copy. Modest rubbing and edgewear to price-clipped dust jacket. Moderate wear to spine ends.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51521
- Title
- BENT'S FORT.
- Author
- LAVENDER, DAVID
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1954
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BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
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About the Seller
BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
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Greencastle, Pennsylvania
About BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
Buckingham Books specializes in new, used and rare books dealing with Mystery and Western Americana. Books in the mystery field include not only Mystery, but also Detective, Espionage, and Adventure Fiction. Our Western Americana Section offers books about the development of the American West. All books in our inventory are First Editions unless clearly stated otherwise.
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- Fine
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- Rubbing
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