The Columbia

STEWART H HOLBROOK

Publication: Rinehart and Co,Inc, 1956, New York

First Edition. The 50th work in the Rivers of America series. Lewis & Clark Edition. #A480 of special edition limited to 2500 signed copies. Cloth. 393pp. Illustrated by Ernest Richardson. Two-page Map. An excellent history with much information regarding the Lewis & Clark Expedition, as well as the development of general trade and the fur trade within the region. "Here is the story of its explorers who came by boat and by foot: the bickering and battles between Hudson's Bay Company and Astor's fur trappers, the settlers that turned politicians to keep the Oregon Territory in the U.S. and to make two states out of it, the coming of steamboats, the potent force of railways and later the highways. The Columbia follows the story of the canals, locks, and dams which flooded old landmarks to give new pioneers farm lands and electricity, and the story of the settlement of the Pacific Northwest." As New in both dust jackets. In addition to the normal paper pictorial dust jacket, there was a second, printed, clear, acetate dust jacket issued with this Lewis & Clark Edition. The pictorial dust jacket is lightly rubbed with some light soiling to back panel. Second, clear dust jacket is in fine condition. Signed by author.

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