The Travels of Jedediah Smith: A Documentary Outline, Including the Journal of the Great American Pathfinder by SULLIVAN, Maurice S - 1992

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Near Fine. 1992. Softcover. 0803292066 . An advance review, paperback edition of Maurice S. Sullivan's presentation of the journal of Jedediah Smith which covers the period from 1822 to 1828. Also included is the diary of fur trader Alex R. McLeod's 1828 expedition to recover some of Smith's property following the Umpqua Massacre. Smith traveled widely in the American West between 1822 and 1831 and is credited with discovering the critically-important South Pass, among many other things. With numerous black & white illustrations and endnotes; indexed. This work originally published by the Fine Arts Press in 1934. --- In wraps with Frank C. McCarthy's painting "The Greeting" to front panel. --- With prior owner's dated signature to half title page, otherwise a bright, newish copy.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (16), 195 pages .