The Great Reconnaissance: Soldiers, Artists, And Scientists On The Frontier 1848-1861

EDWARD S WALLACE

Publication: Little, Brown and Company, 1955, Boston; Toronto

First edition. Cloth, 288pp. Num. illus., map. Well-written account of the men who explored, surveyed, and charted the new American boundary with Mexico. Capt. J.W. Gunnison, Lt. Joseph C. Ives, John Russell Bartlett, Lt. A.W. Whipple, Lt. Edward F. Beale, Col. John C. Fremont, Capt. R.B. Marcy, Capt. Lorenzo Sitgreaves, Seth Eastman, R.H. Kern, E.M. Kern, J.M. Stanley, and Baldwin Mollhausen are among the many covered. Well-researched. Near fine. Dust jacket shows light edgewear, with light soiling and a few small holes in back panel.

Inventory Number: 50004