GOLD RUSH DIARY: Being the Journal of Elisha Douglass Perkins on the Overland Trail in the Spring and Summer of 1849.
Edition: First edition.
Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, (1968.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Young Douglass Perkins traveled overland to Sacramento from Marietta, Ohio, with 5 companions, and used mules to pack his supplies, rather than wagons. He found only disappointment and death in California, but left behind an unusually full and well-written narrative, one which has also been well-edited and extensively annotated. Illustrated with drawings and maps; appendices; bibliography; index. Large format. xxv, 206 pp.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (some minor rubbing and soiling to the dj.) Rather uncommon in this condition.
Book ID: 53861
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