Item #43127 Biography and Early Life Sketch of the late Abram Sortore Including His Trip to California and Back. Alexandria, Missouri. March 25, 1909. Abram Sortore.

Biography and Early Life Sketch of the late Abram Sortore Including His Trip to California and Back. Alexandria, Missouri. March 25, 1909.

Alexandria, MO: n.p., 1909. 10 pp. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. About fine, nick to edge of one leaf, minor shelfwear. Mintz 431. Cowan p.894. Kurutz 593. Mattes 970. Flake 8281. Item #43127

In double columns. Consists of a letter written by Abram Sortore to his niece, Jennie Thomas in 1909 about his travels to California in 1850. "Sortore started near Keokuk, Iowa and traveled to Hangtown. A very scarce pamphlet with only a few copies known to exist," Mintz: The Trail, a Bibliography, p.124.

Price: $500.00

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