1954-1961. · Glendale, Ca.
by Hafen, LeRoy R. and Ann W.
Glendale, Ca.: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1954-1961.. Fifteen volumes. Plates. Maps. Frontispiece in all but the fifteenth volume. Green cloth, gilt. Fine. One of the great collections of source material, lavishly printed by the Arthur H. Clark Company. The series includes Hafen's THE OLD SPANISH TRAIL... and HANDCARTS TO ZION...; an annotated reprint of Rufus Sage's valuable account; Heap's CENTRAL ROUTE TO THE PACIFIC; and documentary collections of narratives and material relating to the 1849 gold rush, overland travellers from 1839 to 1842, the Utah war of 1857-58, relations with the Plains Indians before the Civil War, Fremont's fourth expedition, the Powder River campaigns of 1865, and Colorado reports of the Civil War period. In addition, there is an index to the whole. Indispensable. CLARK & BRUNET 104. PAHER 744. KURUTZ 300 ("Journals of '49ers" volume).
(Inventory #: WRCAM28634A)