Journal of an Expedition to the Grand Prairies of the Missouri, 1840. by Fairholme, William & Jack B. Tykal (ed) - 1996.

Spokane, WA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1996. First. Hardcover. Fine/None. Journal of an Expedition to the Grand Prairies of the Missouri 1840, William Fairholme, Edited by Jack B. Tykal, The Arthur H. Clark Company, Spokane, Washington, 1996, 186 pp., 9½ x 6⅜ inches. Mustard cloth stamped in brown on cover and spine, binding tight, clean interior. First edition. Fine condition. Please refer to pictures for condition. This is a journal of a young British army officer, Lieutenant William Fairholme. It recounts his journey across America's prairies starting in 1840. "The young Lieutenant's journal sweeps from the grim, as in his reporting of the prairie fire that nearly did them in, to the lighthearted, as he related his attempts to sneak up on a prairie dog village....a marvelous narrative of his great adventure and a valuable addition to the literature of the west." (Preface of book).

The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1996. First edition, first printing. Fine.. Deep orange cloth, no dust jacket.