Item #37788 Overland Journey to California. Journal of James Bennett Whose Party Left New Harmony in 1850 and Crossed Plains and Mountains until the Golden West was Reached. James Bennett.

Overland Journey to California. Journal of James Bennett Whose Party Left New Harmony in 1850 and Crossed Plains and Mountains until the Golden West was Reached.

New York: Edward Eberstadt:, n.d. 45 pp. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition thus. Slight browning to wrappers and leaves else a near fine copy. Graff 261. Howes B375. Mintz 33. Heckman 31. Matthews p. 324. Item #37788

Printed in an edition of 200 copies from the files of the New Harmony Times where the journal appeared serially March 16-August 3, 1906. "A colorful report," Mintz p. 15. Covers April thru September, 1850. "...substantial descriptions including social and camp scenes, quarrels, deaths, Indian trade, hunting, impressions of the great migration; fairly interesting," Matthews, p. 324.

Price: $75.00

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