The Overland Diary Of James A. Pritchard From Kentucky To California In 1849, With A Biography Of Captain James A. Pritchard By Hugh Pritchard Williamson.

JAMES PRITCHARD

Publication: Old West Publishing Co, 1959, Denver

First edition. Cloth, 221 pp. Introduction. Bibliography. Index. Illustrations. 3 maps. A 30" x 50" folding chart recording the passage west of every known diarist (134) who took the South Pass Route to California and Oregon, in pocket at rear. Dale Morgan's outstanding 25-page introduction, editing and notes raise this work well above the average overland diary. Mintz 380: "This is one of the most capably researched and written overland books, about one of the earliest diarists to reach California in 1849." "Richly informative journal edited in superb scholarly fashion by one of the premier trail historians."--Merrill Mattes. A fine, un-cut copy.

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