Soldiers of the Overland. Being Some account of the services of General Patrick Edward Connor and his Volunteers in the Old West.
first edition
1938 · San Francisco
by Rogers, Fred Blackburn
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1938 First edition. One of 1,000 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. [14], 290pp. plus frontis portrait and 21 plates, primarily from old photographs, large folding map. Appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth-backed patterned boards, paper spine label. Top edges of boards lightly faded, minor wrinkle to spine label, else a fine, clean copy. A comprehensive account of General Connor's service, primarily along the Central overland route to the Pacific Coast. Connor served briefly in the California Rangers chasing Murieta, saw army service in Utah, etc. Much on the Mormons, Indian fights, Wyoming, Powder River expedition, and more. [Grabhorn: 295; Six-Guns: 1888; Smith: 8744]. . (Inventory #: 7459)