UNCLE SAM'S CAMELS - THE JOURNAL OF MAY HUMPHREYS STACEY SUPPLEMENTED BY THE REPORT OF EDWARD FITZGERALD BEALE (1857-1858)
by Lesley, Lewis Burt
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About This Item
Cambridge 1929 first edition. Harvard University. Hardcover. Orange cloth. Gilt spine lettering. Portrait frontispiece of May Stacy in masculine dress. 298p. Foldout map. VG ++. no dj. no marks. Story of woman dedicated to wellbeing of camels in western United States. .
Synopsis
Reprint. Originally published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1929. Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-289) and index.
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- Title
- UNCLE SAM'S CAMELS - THE JOURNAL OF MAY HUMPHREYS STACEY SUPPLEMENTED BY THE REPORT OF EDWARD FITZGERALD BEALE (1857-1858)
- Author
- Lesley, Lewis Burt
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- west americana california camel woman women explorer naturalist
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