The El Dorado Trail: The Story of the Gold Rush Routes Across Mexico
by Egan, Ferol
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0070190577
- ISBN 13
- 9780070190573
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1970 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. xvi, 313 pp, map, acknowledgments, Prologue: The Birth of Ed Dorado; I. Something in the Wind; II. Sellers of the Dream; III. Which Way s El Dorado, Senor?; IV. The Deadly Land; V. Ay!, Chihuahua!; VI> Jornada del Muerto; VII. Barrancas and Playas: The Central Crossing; VIII. Following Cortes: The Southern Route; Epilogue: The Death of El Dorado; notes, bibliography, index. Books in the American Trail Series: First Edition, 1970. "The routes from Corpus Christi to Mazatlan, from Parras to Janos, from Vera Cruz to Mexico City and on to Acapulco and San Blas are explored fully. The perilous journey across the Sierra Madre is also described: the spread of cholera, the Indian raids, the Mexican bandits, the treacherous canyons. Journals of such goldseekers as John Woodhouse Audubon and John Durivage are used in rendering a day-by-day account of what the men of the rail encountred, how thsy were able to survive, or how their journey was cut short by their death." from the jacket flap. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Brick-red cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine, and brown top text block edge..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004907
- Title
- The El Dorado Trail: The Story of the Gold Rush Routes Across Mexico
- Author
- Egan, Ferol
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0070190577
- ISBN 13
- 9780070190573
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- HISTORY MEXICO GOLD RUSH ERA OLD MEXICAN LAND ROUTES
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY;
- Size
- Large 8vo
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