PLATTE RIVER ROAD NARRATIVES; A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TRAVEL OVER THE GREAT CENTRAL OVERLAND ROUTE TO OREGON, CALIFORNIA, UTAH, COLORADO, MONTANA, AND OTHER WESTERN STATES AND TERRITORIES, 1812-1866
by Mattes, Merrill J
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0252013425
- ISBN 13
- 9780252013423
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Talent, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1988. First edition . Hardcover. Fine. 632 pages with 2082 entries of Overland Journals, plus index. Bound in red cloth with maroon cloth spine. Lettering in gilt. A fine, as new copy.
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- Bookseller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 054457
- Title
- PLATTE RIVER ROAD NARRATIVES; A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TRAVEL OVER THE GREAT CENTRAL OVERLAND ROUTE TO OREGON, CALIFORNIA, UTAH, COLORADO, MONTANA, AND OTHER WESTERN STATES AND TERRITORIES, 1812-1866
- Author
- Mattes, Merrill J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0252013425
- ISBN 13
- 9780252013423
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Place of Publication
- Urbana and Chicago
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Western Americana, Platte River, Nebraska, Wyoming, Pony Express, migration, travel, wagon trains, reference.
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