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Rare unflattering report of the US desert by Hazen 1875

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Rare unflattering report of the US desert by Hazen 1875

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Author: Hazen, Gen'l W.B.
Title: Our Barren Lands. The Interior of the United States West of the 100th Meridian, and East of the Sierra Nevadas
Place Published: Cincinnati
Publisher:Robert Clarke & Company
Date Published: 1875
Description:

53 pp. (8vo) later blue cloth.

A rare little unflattering report on the arid land in Dakota and the northern interior. General Hazen had written a long letter published in the New York Tribune of February 27, 1874, pronouncing, as he says here, "large proportion of the lands of the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. worthless, both for agriculture and as security for money," because of insufficient rainfall. Hazen ends the report with a summary of how very little there was to offer from this land. There was heated debate between writers about the worth of this land, and for a "scathing reply," read John O. Sargent's work on the subject. Howes H372. A rare report, last offered at auction over 40 years ago.

Condition

Scattered rubberstamps from Clinton Hall Association NY including title page, and margins of a few leaves within; very good.

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Rare unflattering report of the US desert by Hazen 1875

Name: Rare unflattering report of the US desert by Hazen 1875
SKU: 25977406
Price: 500 USD
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