News of the Plains and Rockies: Original Narratives of Overland Travel and Adventure Selected from the Wagner-Camp and Becker Bibliography of Western Americana

Arthur H. Clark Company, 1996. 8 Vols + Supplement (9 volumes total). Used - Fine, "as new" condition. Issued w/o dj. Cloth. All volumes in Fine / "as new" condition. Very minor shelf and handling wear. Bindings and text blocks are tight, bright, and clean with no ownership marks or bookplates. Overall a clean, solid set with minimal signs of use. Publisher's advertisements and reviews laid in. Photos are from the set we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

This documentary project encompasses the broad sweep of western American expansion. White (the compiler) justified his choices as representative of "the types of published information that shaped the views of the American people about the West from 1803 to 1865."

Volume 1: Early Explorers, 1803-1812 / Fur Hunters, 1813-1847

Volume 2: Santa Fe Adventurers, 1818-1843 / Settlers, 1819-1865

Volume 3: Missionaries, Mormons, 1821-1864 / Indian Agents, Captives, 1832-1865

Volume 4: Warriors, 1834-1865 / Scientists, Artists, 1835-1859

Volume 5: Later Explorers, 1847-1865

Volume 6: Gold Seekers, California, 1849-1856 / Railroad Forerunners, 1850-1865

Volume 7: Mailmen, 1857-1865 / Gold Seekers, Pike's Peak, 1858-1865

Volume 8: Gold Seekers, Other Areas, 1858-1865 / Cumulative Index for the Series

Volume 9 (Supplement): One hundred twenty proposed additions to the Wagner-Camp and Becker bibliography of travel and adventure in the American West, with 33 selected reprints.