JOURNAL OF AN EXPEDITION TO THE GRAND PRAIRIES OF THE MISSOURI 1840 by Fairholme, William; (Jack B. Tykal, Editor) - 1996

Spokane, WA: Arthur H Clark, 1996. Limited Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. New/None as Issued. Limited Edition of 750 Copies. BRAND NEW & Collectible. First publication of original 1840 hunting/expedition journal archived at the Huntington Library, California. Lt. William Fairholme 1819 -1868) of the British light infantry recorded a unique adventure to modern western Kansis, begun just before he turned 21, and completed a year before the first great overland migration to the Pacific of 1841. Youthful exuberance, thrilling experience and a literate pen is a marvellous combination. Portraits of fast moving prairie firea, stalking a prairie dog village are among the delights along with frontier politics and descriptions of American cities (St Louis) and villages in times past. Additionally, a nacent artist, 14 of his sketches embellish his chronicles beginning from Montreal up the Great Lakes by boat to Chicago. then by stagecoach, carriage, steamer down the Illinois and Mississippi rivers to St. Louis, and thence to Westport.