The Wagonmasters: High Plains freighting from the earliest days of the Santa Fe Trail to 1880
by Walker, Henry Pickering
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
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Spray, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma, 1968. Second Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. From the publisher's blurb, "the first comprehensive account of the wagon trains from 1822 until 1880 when railroads all but made them obsolete." Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn and mildly soiled, sunned at spine from brick-red to light brown, protected by a plastic coat. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xii [1], 3-347 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 356222
- Title
- The Wagonmasters: High Plains freighting from the earliest days of the Santa Fe Trail to 1880
- Author
- Walker, Henry Pickering
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma
- Place of Publication
- Norman, Oklahoma
- Date Published
- 1968
- Size
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Henry Pickering Walker freighting Santa Fe Trail Pony Express
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana/Regional Interest;
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