Mirsky, Jeannette
The Westward Crossinga: Balboa, Mackenaie, Lewis and Clark
New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1946.
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New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1946.. First Edition. Octavo, 365 pages + index. Illustrated, including folding map laid in. Publisher's cloth in dustjacket. A few marks to spine, else a very good copy in a spine chipped good- jacket with some fading to the spine and an age darkened scotch tape repair to the top of spine. Price Clipped. "Three interwoven narratives of great adventure: Gold for the Crown [79 pages], Furs For the Company [93 pages] and Commerce for the Nation [138 pages]" Seventeen page section of Sources and Background Books and Index.
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