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McGlashan's History of the Donner Party Tragedy

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McGlashan's History of the Donner Party Tragedy

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Heading:
Author: McGlashan, C.F.
Title: History of the Donner Party. A Tragedy of the Sierra
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:A.L. Bancroft & Company
Date Published: 1881
Description:

261 pp. 18 wood engraved plates. (8vo) original blindstamped brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Fourth Edition.

"The author was editor of the Truckee Republican and being near the scene of the tragedy, had access to many hundreds of letters and manuscripts of the survivors of the unfortunate expedition of 1846. He built his book upon these and around the famous diary of Patrick Breen, one of the actors in the many gruesome events described...all early issues have become scarce." (Zamorano). The first edition was in 1879, the second was the first one illustrated. Cowan p. 406; Graff 2610; Howes M102; Zamorano Eighty 53.

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Spine faded, corners bumped; a touch browned within; very good.

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