Grand Rapids: The Dean-Hicks Company, 1925., 1925. First edition. First edition. First Issue. Cloth, 244 pp., preface, frontis, and several illustrations. Compiled by Ball's daughters: Kate Ball Powers, Flora Ball Hopkins, and Lucy Ball. Born in 1794, John Ball was a graduate of Darmouth College. He was a member of the Wyeth Expedition to the Pacific Northwest in 1832, joined Milton Sublette trapping beaver, he journeyed westward to the Pacific, wintered at Fort Vancouver with Dr. John McLoughlin, went on to California, and then went to the Sandwich Islands, returning home on the U.S. Schooner Boxer after shipping around the horn on the whaling vessel, Nautillus. Provides an account of: Sublette's expedition across the plains to the 1832 Pierre's Hole rendezvous, the famous battle with the Blackfeet that occurred there, the continuation of Wythe's remaining men to Oregon, and the first settlements in Oregon. A fascinating narrative of Ball's experiences. Very slight wear to top of spine, else an exceptionally fine, bright copy of the first issue, before the Arthur H. Clark Company reissued the books with a new title page.

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Bookseller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 51752
Title: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN BALL
Author: BALL, JOHN
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Dean-Hicks Company, 1925.
Place of Publication: Grand Rapids
Date Published: 1925

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