The New Eldorado. A Summer Journey To Alaska

MATURIN M. BALLOU

Publication: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1889, Boston and New York

First edition. 8vo. Cloth, decorations in black and titles in gold gilt on front cover and spine, green front and rear endpapers, xi [blank], 352 [2], plus 9 pp. of advertising, Author provides much information on travel into Alaska and provides information on the climate, the natives and their dwellings, animal life there, fishing, modes of travel, etc. Also he tells us of traveling en route through Montana, Yellowstone Park, Mount Tacoma, Vancouver, Cook's Inlet, the slaughter of seals, Fort Wrangel, etc. Light wear to the spine ends, else a very good copy.

Inventory Number: 41949