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They Saw the Elephant : Women in the California Gold Rush
by Levy, Jo Ann (signed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0208022732
- ISBN 13
- 9780208022738
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1990. SIGNED by the AUTHOR (her signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket. The jacket would also be Fine but for just a little rubbing at the extremities. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are creamy white, crisp and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with old photos and prints. Bound in the original gray cloth, stamped in shiny gold. From the dust jacket: "Here is a medley of voices of pioneer women, telling how they trekked by the thousands to gold rush California. Crossing the Isthmus of Panama on the backs of mules, inching their way across the Great American Desert in prairie schooners, they braved the unknown with great courage and daring. Some women followed their husbands, fathers, brothers, or lovers; others made their way alone, by their own choice. Countless letters, diaries, and reminiscences survive to testify to their feelings and their achievements, to their experiences coping with adversity…There was no stage in the development of the West that did not feel their presence.". Signed by the Author (her signature only). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xxii, 265pp.
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- Bookseller
- About Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017206
- Title
- They Saw the Elephant : Women in the California Gold Rush
- Author
- Levy, Jo Ann (signed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0208022732
- ISBN 13
- 9780208022738
- Publisher
- Archon Books
- Place of Publication
- Hamden, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Women in California Gold Rush, Overland.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana; Feminism / Women's Studies;
- Size
- 8vo. xxii, 265pp
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