Exploring the West by Viola, Herman J - 1988

Harry N Abrams Inc / Smithsonian Books, 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. As-new fine first edition, first printing in clean unchipped jacket, protected in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Brown cloth boards with copper metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Gorgeous full-color illustrations throughout, as well art reproductions, maps, b&w historical photographs. 256 pages. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, no tears, unclipped. Beautiful book which tells the story of the unsung heroes who explored the west--such as Jim Bridger, Zebulon Pike, Jedediah Smith, Kit Carson and others. The guides, soldiers, geologists, surveyors, naturalists, and engineers who went west not as conquerors but as cartographers, surveyors, catalogers of resources, artists or photographers. .