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Whoop-Up Country
by Sharp, Paul F
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good+
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About This Item
Helena, Montana: Historical Society of Montana / West Press, 1960. Book. Illus. by Charles M. Russell, Illustrator. Fine. Hardcover. Second Edition.. Helena, Montana: Historical Society of Montana / West Press, 1960. Second edition. Fine/Very Good+. Charles M. Russell, Illustrator. Second Edition with new illustrations by C. M. Russell in unclipped dust jacket. Very clean brown cloth boards with illustration in black on cover, black lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated by Charles M. Russell. Introduction by Michael Kennedy. 348 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, has slight fading to background of spine, a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Publisher's card( from The Historical Society of Montana) with information about the book is laid in. Fascinating story of the raw Montana Territory-Canadian frontier, tied by the incredible Whoop-Up train, 1865-85. On the flamboyant Northern Rocky Mountain-Great Plains frontier before the railroads penetrated, the Whoop-Up Trail was a fabulous highroad of rare adventure and frenzied commerce..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027490
- Title
- Whoop-Up Country
- Author
- Sharp, Paul F
- Illustrator
- Charles M. Russell, Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- Second Edition.
- Publisher
- Historical Society of Montana / West Press
- Place of Publication
- Helena, Montana
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- AMERICANA, AMERICAN HISTORY, WINNING OF THE WEST, PAUL F. SHARP, CHARLES M. RUSSELL, WHOOP-UP TRAIL, CANADIAN WESTERN FRONTIER
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Westerns;
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