Item #000361 The Santa Fe Trail: A Historical Bibliography. Jack D. Rittenhouse.
The Santa Fe Trail: A Historical Bibliography
The Santa Fe Trail: A Historical Bibliography

The Santa Fe Trail: A Historical Bibliography

Albuquerque; 1971): The University of New Mexico Press. First Edition. Octavo. Item #000361

271pp. Signed by the author. Introduction. Annotated bibliography. Index to Congressional Documents. General Index. The famous Sante Fe Trail was opened over 150 years ago when William Becknell reached Santa Fe with his pack train in December 1821. This bibliography is published in celebration of that historic event. Each entry is not only described but also evaluated; for book collectors, first editions are noted, and for students and librarians, recent reprints are listed. Bound in green cloth, spine lettering gilt. A fine copy in fine pictorial dust jacket.

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