[WESTERN OVERLANDS 1847]. Doniphan s Expedition; Containing an Account of the Conquest of New Mexico; General Kearney s Overland Expedition to California; Doniphan s Campaign Against the Navajos; His Unparalleled March upon Chihuahua and Durango; and the Operation of General Price at Santa Fe. With a Sketch of the Life of Col. Doniphan. Illustrated with Plans of Battle Fields, a Map, and Fine Engravings

Hughes, John T.

Verlag: U.P. James, Cincinnati, 1847

8vo. 144 pp. Title-page vignette, woodcut frontispiece, 3 full-page maps in text, 8 woodcut illustrations in text. Original wrappers (both front and back wrappers chipped with loss, some repairs). Some foxing throughout as is true in all copies. Uncut and largely unopened copy. "This expedition, which ended by land at Matamoros, is still considered one of the most brilliant long marches ever made; the force, with no quartermaster, paymaster, commissary, uniforms, tents, or even military discipline, covered 3,600 miles by land and 2,000 by water, all in the course of 12 months." (Fifty Texas Rarities, p. 32 note). Doniphan's march is considered to be one of the most famous in history; that the author was an actual participant lends the work credibility and a sense of immediacy. It remains "A classic work on the expedition along the Santa Fe Trail during the Mexican-American War." (Rittenhouse 311). With points: priced on front wrapper: "50 Cents"; with the list of embellishments on the verso of the title-page, and without the footnote on p. 25. Wagner-Camp IV, 134:6. Cowan, I, p. 115; II, p. 295n. Connor & Faulk 434. Edwards, Enduring Desert, p. 80. Flake 4126. Graff 2005. Howes H769. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 3396

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Titel: [WESTERN OVERLANDS 1847]. Doniphan s ...
Verlag: U.P. James, Cincinnati
Erscheinungsdatum: 1847
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Very good
Auflage: Later printing.