Epilonian Books

Rare, out-of-print & unusual books · Since 1997

Catalog notes

Description

Lorrin L. Morrison and Carroll Spear Morrison, Volume V, Number 1, January 1966. "A comprehensive, illustrated quarterly magazine devoted to Western History and Geography." Single issue journal, paper covers, viii, 152 pp.

Condition & notes

In good condition. Tan paper covers with brown lettering. Covers have a few small nicks and light creasing along the edges. Light overall scuffing, aging and soiling to covers as well. Glued binding is brittle and pages are starting to pull away but all pages are still intact and present. Pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Black and white illustrations The Journal of the West was founded in 1962 by historians Lorrin L. Morrison and Carol S. Morrison. Its purpose was to promote scholarship on the history, culture, and events of the American West. Contents of this issue: Warpaths on the Southern Plains - Number 2 in a Series: The Battle of Beecher Island: The Scouts Hold Fast on the Arickaree by Lonnie J. White; Ivan Petroff's Journal of A Trip to Alaska in 1878 by Theodore C. and Caryl Hinkley; Claus Spreckels and the Hawaiian Revolution of 1893 by Jacob Adler; Entertaining the 'Fifty-Niners by Billie Barnes Jensen; Literature in Los Angeles before 1900 by Henry Winfred Splitter; Symposium: Our Editor's Forum; The Journal's Journal by Lorrin L. Morrison; Books of the Western Library : 38 Analytical Reviews.