My Home on the Range. Frontier Life in the Bad Lands.
by Johnston, Harry V
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
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About This Item
Saint Paul, Minnesota: The Webb Publishing Co., 1942 313pp. Octavo (6" x 9"). In publisher's tan cloth board with bison decoration to front. Condition: Near Fine, one corner very lightly bumped. Inscribed by author to front free endpaper: "With the author's very best wishes. Sincerely, H.V. Johnston". *** Illustrated memoir of the life of cowboy and entrepreneur, Harrison "Harry" Victor Johnston (1890-1973), who inherited property adjacent to Teddy Roosevelt's Elk Horn Ranch. As well as ranch work, he went deep sea fishing with Zane Grey, and established the Harry V. Johnston Foundation to promote and preserve Indian culture. *** With many photos, including depictions of: Sioux Indians, "The Nighthawk Driving the Bedwagon", Theodore Roosevelt, etc.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8609
- Title
- My Home on the Range. Frontier Life in the Bad Lands.
- Author
- Johnston, Harry V
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Webb Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Date Published
- 1942
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