MATT FIELD ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL.
first edition Hardcover
1960 · Norman, Ok. and London
by PORTER, CLYDE AND MAE REED, COLLECTED BY.
Norman, Ok. and London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1960. The color pictorial dust jacket shows only minor edge wear. One of the "American Exploration and Travel Series". Vivid first-hand impressions of the Santa Fe Trail and the settlements of New Mexico gleaned from the journal and 85 articles later published in the New Orleans Picayune. Matt Field, a midwestern actor joined a company of merchants and tourists, Americans and Mexicans. They left from Independence, Missouri in early July 1839 on their adventure. Color pictorial frontispiece of trappers and horses around a fire. Additional black and white illustrations through the text. Edited and with an introduction and notes by John E. Sunder. 322 pages with index.. First Edition. Lime Green Cloth. Nearly Fine/Price-clipped Dust Jacket. Octavo. (Inventory #: 011010)