Narratie Life & Adventures of Major C. Bolin
by Butler David Aka Major Bolin
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Los Banos, California, United States
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About This Item
Lewis Osborne, 1966. Unstated. . Hardcover. Good. Narrative Life and Adventures of Major C. Bolin Alias David Butler Lewis Osborne, 1966, unstated edition Hardback in good condition with good paper cover. Text is clean and unmarked binding tight. Cloth cover is clean with gold embossing, classic laid paper cover is also clean, maps inside front and back covers of Nevada and California. Butler an Ohio Argonaut in 1853 became a gambler in the California mining camps of the day. Major Bolin was his real name not a military title but David Butler became him, the gambler and epitomized the wayward emigrants of whom California made rich and many of whom became desperadoes, thieves ending up on the front pages of the early news papers. This is the story of one such man and the case of The People vs. David Butler which ended in Butler being hung. Also enclosed is a facsimile of the Nevada Democrat for March 3, 1858. B&W illustrations, 87 pages.
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- Bookseller
- Phoenix books\Joannes Used Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004004
- Title
- Narratie Life & Adventures of Major C. Bolin
- Author
- Butler David Aka Major Bolin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Unstated.
- Publisher
- Lewis Osborne
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- GOLD RUSH, CALIFORNIA HISTORY
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- History;
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Phoenix Books (Joanne's Used Books) is a full-service new and used bookstore located in the heart of California's central valley. In business since 1977, we carry a large selection of new and used titles in all subjects, special order, offer search services as well as notary services. We have a large collection of titles dealing with Equines, Central California History, regional cookbooks and Indian/Asian Art.The store is open Monday through Saturday.
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