The Life And Times Of Patrick Gass, Now Sole Survivor Of The Overland Expedition To The Pacific, Under Lewis And Clark, In 1804-5-6;...

J. A JACOB

Publication: Jacob & Smith, Publishers and Printers, 1859, Wellsburg

First Edition. Beautifully rebound in Full Red Leather. iv-viii, 280pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Soldier and Explorer, Patrick Gass played a significant role in many events in America's early history. "A Soldier in the War with Great Britain, From 1812 to 1815, and a Participant in the Battle of Lundy's Lane. Together With Gass' Journal of the Expedition Condensed; and Sketches of Some Events Occurring During the Last Century in the Upper Ohio Country, Biographies, Reminiscences, Etc." Gass is best known for being the first member of the Lewis & Clark Expedition to publish his journal; nine years before the official journal was published. Wagner-Camp 6:10: "Gass became one of the best-known members of the expedition for several reasons: his key role as sergeant brought his name up frequently in the journals of Lewis and Clark, his account was the first to be published, he was the first to have a biography written about him, and finally, he outlived the other members of the Corps of Discovery by decades, dying at the age of ninety-nine in 1870." Some occasional light foxing, light soiling, and minor damp staining to text block. A handsome copy with raised bands on spine, with LIFE OF GASS in gilt, and attractive blind-stamping. Protected in a clamshell box, with decorative internal endpapers and title in gilt on leather label on spine.

Inventory Number: 50742