News of the Plains and Rockies
by David A. White, Compiler
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0870622315
- ISBN 13
- 9780870622311
- Seller
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Longmont, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
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.
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.
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- Bookseller
- Barbed Wire Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M1003
- Title
- News of the Plains and Rockies
- Author
- David A. White, Compiler
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0870622315
- ISBN 13
- 9780870622311
- Publisher
- Arthur H. Clark Company
- Place of Publication
- Spokane
- Date Published
- 1996-2001
- Keywords
- 8 Volume Set plus Supplement
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western History; History; Transportation; Biography & Autobiography; Travel;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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