The Smiling Pioneer. An Excerpt from The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth: Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer in the Great Wild West by Beckwourth, James P. Written from his Own Dictation by T. D. Donner - 1932

Los Angeles: U. S. Library Association, 1932. Hardcover. Fair. Excerpt from The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, contains Chapters XXXII to XXXVI, detailing Beckwourth's experiences in New Mexico and California. 12mo, red cloth spine, no dj as issued; fair (shaken; boards bowed and worn; front board heavily stained and waterstained; front board missing title piece; chip to cloth at top front joint end; spine faded and stained; spine ends bumped, crimped, and worn; corners bumped and heavily worn; edges, eps, and pages toned; large waterstain to bottom third of book from front pastedown to page 7; waterstains to bottom edge of pages throughout; waterstain to top edges of pages from ffep to p43; rear hinge starting); 87pp.