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The El Dorado Trail (The American Trails Series): The Story of the Gold Rush Routes Across Mexico
by Egan, Ferol R. (1923-2015)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible - Near Fine/VeryGood
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Argillite, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
NY: McGraw-Hill, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Near Fine/VeryGood. 6.25"x9.25" 313 indexed pages. DJ #19057 Brick red cloth boards. Gold letters on front and spine. Jacket illustration: A Forty-Niner" by John Woodhouse Audubon. Author photo by Toki. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library & unmarked. DJ clipped. Edge wear to DJ w/small nicks. Secure shipping in box w/tracking #. "The El Dorado Trail, winner of the Commonwealth Club's Californiana Medal for 1970, records high adventure along the old Mexican land routes traveled by Yankee goldseekers who were "infected" with gold fever and who believed in the existence of a land called El Dorado--a golden kingdom. The California gold discovery brought credibility to this myth, and the rush was on. Nothing could hold back the hordes of pioneers who longed desperately to strike it rich, and Ferol Egan narrates in detail the agonizing adventures of those men who set out to seek their fortune against all odds. 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...
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- Bookseller
- Blacks Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14131
- Title
- The El Dorado Trail (The American Trails Series): The Story of the Gold Rush Routes Across Mexico
- Author
- Egan, Ferol R. (1923-2015)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover_cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VeryGood
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1970
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