Voice of the New West
John G. Jackson, His Life and Times
by Stephen W. Brown
ISBN: 0865541620
ISBN-13: 9780865541627
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Mercer Univ Pr
Published date: 1985
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Voice of the New West; John G. Jackson, His Life and Times
Brown, Stephen W
Macon:: Mercer University Press,, 1985. First Edition. HC. Some wear to the bottom board edges, still a tight lightly used near fine copy with clean contents in a near fine dust jacket (spine slightly sunned). Protected in a Mylar cover. ( more information)
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Voice of the New West: John G. Jackson, His Life and Times
Brown, Stephen W
Macon, Georgia, U.S.A.: Mercer Univ Pr, 1985. 262pp/illus. Jackson (1777-1825) was a legislator, congressman, federal judge, and pioneer industrial entrepreneur from western Virginia. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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