Among the Shoshones.
by Wilson, Elijah Nicholas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: brown cloth; owner's name and address, the boards are bowed outward, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Very
- Seller
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
Salt Lake City, Utah:: Bookcraft, 1969.. Reprint Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: brown cloth; owner's name and address, the boards are bowed outward, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Very Good- dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. The dust jacket is faded at the spine.. 8vo (about 9.25 inches tall) . Description: Includes a few historic photo illustrations. The author ran away from home at age twelve to go with live with the Shoshone Indians, and lived with them for nearly two years. He writes of his experiences, there, as a Pony Express Rider, and so on. This was originally published in 1910. ''Blunt, unrestrained narrative of a trapper, Indian fighter, etc. of the Rocky Mountains, from Wyoming and Montana to Idaho and Utah. The 247 page reprint omits account of how he lost his Mormon fiancée [given on pp 194 to 200 of original edition]. (from Howes Final Edition, Number W518.)
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- Bookseller
- The Bookworm (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 058545
- Title
- Among the Shoshones.
- Author
- Wilson, Elijah Nicholas
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: brown cloth; owner's name and address, the boards are bowed outward, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Very
- Edition
- Reprint Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bookcraft
- Place of Publication
- Salt Lake City, Utah:
- Date Published
- 1969.
- Pages
- 247 pages.
- Size
- 8vo (about 9.25 inches tall)
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Oroville, California
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- Spine
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