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Lorrin L. Morrison and Carroll Spear Morrison, Volume X, Number 2, April, 1971. "A comprehensive, illustrated quarterly magazine devoted to Western History and Geography." Single issue journal, paper covers, xvi, pages 205 - 400. In acceptable+ 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 with occasional light spotting. 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: The Journal's Journal: An Introduction to this Number - The Northwest Coast and Alaska Frontier by Lorrin L. Morrison; The Sea-Borne Frontier on the Northwest Coast, 1778-1850 by J. Wade Caruthers; The Alaska Boundary Question: The Seattle Commercial Interest and the Joint High Commission of 1898-99 by William A. Harper; Frederick Funston in Alaska, 1892-1894: Botany Above the Forty-Ninth Parallel by Thomas W. Crouch; Copper and the Settlement of South-Central Alaska by John M. Kinney; A Soldier on the Yukon by William R. Hunt; The Ballinger-Pinchot Affair in Alaska by Herman Slotnick; Books of the Western Library : 70 Recent books on Western History Receive Analytical Reviews; plus Howell-North Books: An Autobiographical Account of a Publishing Firm by Flora North; Symposium: Our Reader's Forum : An Original Account of the Building of the Rock Island Railroad by B. M Barndollar; Old Hands at It: An essay on Ancient Manuscript Writing by Robert Bennett;