Oklahoma; A History of the Sooner State by Edwin C. McReynolds - 1954

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1954 University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. 1954. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good; shelfwear to head, tail, tips and board bottoms; no fraying; fading to colored textblock top; slight out-bowing of boards at tops. DJ: Good -; NOT Price Clipped $4.95); closed tears along top edge; wear to head, tail, and tips, missing small pieces at head; rubbing to panels; light wear to flap folds and spine shoulders. Reddish cloth boards and spine with white and black lettering in white borders on spine. Tinted textblock top. Sound internal hinges. 461 pp 8vo. Written for the enjoyment of the layman, this is a book of Oklahoma history that includes stories of explorers and traders, the great migration of thousands of members of the Five Civilized Tribes to its undeveloped plains and woodlands, warfare waged by its Plains Tribes in the 19th century, the military expeditions and the establishment of forts and posts, the Civil War, the great cattle drives, the exciting land openings, statehood, oil wells, politics, its drought problems, and much more. A clean presentable copy in a Brodar mylar jacket.