The Danites In The Sierras
by Miller, Joaquin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Van Nuys, California, United States
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About This Item
Jansen, McClurg and Company, Chicago, 1881; First American Edition; 8vo, 258 pages, plus 4-page publisher’s catalogue at the back; green cloth; beveled boards; gilt spine titles. Legendary literary frontiersman Joaquin Miller’s raw yet moving tale of life in an early California Sierra gold town, where terror from the Mormon secret society of Danites, bent on the extermination of the families of those they believed responsible for the killing of Joseph Smith, looms over all. First issued during his sojourn in London in 1875 under the title "The First Fam’lies Of The Sierras," Miller later made the book into a play which opened in New York in 1877 with considerable success. Born Cincinnatus Heine Miller, he wrote only two books under his given name before adopting the pseudonym Joaquin Miller, ultimately authoring nearly thirty literary works. A born adventurer, during his lifetime he had been an explorer, miner, pony express rider, county judge, and journalist. Respected for his poetry as well as his prose, he counted among his close friends Bret Harte and Ambrose Bierce. Miller eventually settled in Oakland, California, where today his home is preserved as part of the city’s Joaquin Miller Park. Very Good, binding tight, sound, square, corners sharp. Moderate cloth wear at the spine panel extremities, occasional light foxing, previous owner neat signature on f.f.e.p., dated 1882.
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Details
- Bookseller
- AARDWOLF Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5772
- Title
- The Danites In The Sierras
- Author
- Miller, Joaquin
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jansen, McClurg and Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago,
- Date Published
- 1881
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- California, Mormons, Sierra, Gold Mining, Danites, Gold Rush, Joaquin Miller, Secret Societies, Sierra Nevada, American West, Old West
- Bookseller catalogs
- California and the West;
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