Roads of Destiny: The Trails that Shaped a Nation
by Waitley, Douglas
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Washington / New York: Robert B. Luce, Inc., 1970. Account of 22 important trails, roads, and canals built as far west as the Mississippi River, used between 1635 and 1850, and their role in American expansion. SIGNED by the author on the free endsheet, "with best wishes". Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear, white ink numbers on spine of jacket & book - no other markings noted apart from the author's signature; price-clipped jacket shows some edgwear & light fading. Text clean; 319 pages; notes, bibliography, maps. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- v0861
- Title
- Roads of Destiny: The Trails that Shaped a Nation
- Author
- Waitley, Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Robert B. Luce, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Washington / New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Americana, Travel, Transportation, Menifest Destiny, Westward Expansion, Canals, Roads, Colonial America, Illinois Authors
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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