paper-covered boards, dust jacket
1987 · Norman, OK
by Luebke, Frederick C., Frances W. Kaye and Gary Moulton (editors)
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. Maps. small 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xiii+(i), 239+(1) pages. Jacket has some wear along the top edge. Spine faded. Else a very good copy. These important essays by distinguished scholars in several disciplines illuminate the history of North America's most extensive region, the Great Plains, extending from South Texas to the prairie provinces of Canada. Introduction by Gary E. Moulton. The contributors analyze the thought behind 101 historic maps and the images that they presented to contemporaries. Essays include "Exploratory Mapping of the Great Plains (truncated)