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Hotcakes to High Stakes: The Chuckwagon Story
by Nelson, Doug (Douglas A.) (Signed)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1550590561
- ISBN 13
- 9781550590562
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Canada: Detselig, 1993. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 192 pages. Glossary. Index. Signed by author upon title page. "The story of the chuckwagon's evolution from mobile kitchen/medical centre for the pioneer cowboy, to its current status as a wheeled 'racing machine,' takes us from the Civil War, along the dusty trails of the cattle drive, to the early days of the rodeo circuit, and all the way to the roar of a crowd cheering on their favourite outfit for $50,000 in 1992." - from dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photography. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A high-quality copy..
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- Bookseller
- RareNonFiction.com
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 828G4955
- Title
- Hotcakes to High Stakes: The Chuckwagon Story
- Author
- Nelson, Doug (Douglas A.) (Signed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1550590561
- ISBN 13
- 9781550590562
- Publisher
- Detselig
- Place of Publication
- Canada
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Wagons Canada Western Alberta History Chuckwagon Racing calgary Stampede
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sport; Alberta;
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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