LIFE ON THE PLAINS AND AMONG THE DIGGINGS (March of America Facsimile Series, Number 89)
by Delano, Alonzo
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Ann Arbor, MI: Univ Microfilms/Xerox Company, 1966. Facsimile Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/None as Issued. EX-LIB/UNCIRCULATED Copy. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Blue linen boards/NF. DJ/None as Issued. First published 1854. The lengthy sub-title reads: Being Scenes and Adventures of an Overland Journey to California with Particular Incident of the Route, Mistakes and Sufferings of the Emigrants, the Indian Tribes, the Present and the Future of the Great West. An excellent, and uniquely literate, narrative of gold diggings in California. On advice of doctors, Alonzo Delano left Illinois by ox-wagon to California for his health. He ultimately became a merchant and banker in Grass Valley and was so esteemed by his fellow citizenry that on his death in 1974, all business stopped to pay him honors. Text composed of 27 chapters.
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- Title
- LIFE ON THE PLAINS AND AMONG THE DIGGINGS (March of America Facsimile Series, Number 89)
- Author
- Delano, Alonzo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
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- None as Issued
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- Facsimile Reprint
- Publisher
- Univ Microfilms/Xerox Company
- Place of Publication
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Date Published
- 1966
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