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The Road To Oregon: A Chronicle of the Great Emigrant Trail
by W.J. Ghent
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London and New York: Longmans, Green, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. First edition (stated). Large octavo in dark green cloth stamped in gilt. Illustrated endpapers. xvi+ 274 pp. with index. Numerous monotone photographic plates and reproductions. A tight, fine example, tasteful vintage bookplate front pastedown. No jacket. The first comprehensive hisotry of the Oregon Trail, expanding signifiicanly on Parkman's 1848 work and the 1898 Inman and Cody book. Ghent begins the story with the "pathmakers" , Mainlythe trappers and fur traders, the missionaries who followed, the first caravans of the late 1830s and early 40s, the Great Migration, the Gold Rush, te stage coach era and finally the decline of the trail.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E19567
- Title
- The Road To Oregon: A Chronicle of the Great Emigrant Trail
- Author
- W.J. Ghent
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- west, oregon trail settlers, frontier, indians, native american, migration,
- Bookseller catalogs
- West;
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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