South Pass, 1868. James Chisholm's Journal Of The Wyoming Gold Rush

HOMSHER, LOLA M. [INTRODUCED AND EDITED BY]

Publication: University of Nebraska Press, 1960, Lincoln

First edition. 8vo. Inked gift inscription on the front fly leaf from the Grandson of James Chisholm. Two-tone quarter cloth and boards, titles and decoration stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine, vi, 244 [1] pp., illustrated, maps, supplementary notes, bibliography, list of original headings, acknowledgments Published for the first time and one of the few books to address this subject, Chisholm's journal is one of the few documents relating to the South Pass gold rush. Six Guns 1016: "Contains some information on the Wyoming vigilantes and some of their hangings." Fine, bright, tight copy in rubbed dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and corners and a few tiny nicks to the extremities.

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