Description

Lorrin L. Morrison and Carroll Spear Morrison, Volume XII, Number 4, October, 1973. "A comprehensive, illustrated quarterly magazine devoted to Western History and Geography." Single issue journal, paper covers, xii, pages 521 - 672. 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: Hinton Rowan Helper on California The Land of Gold by Benjamin Franklin Gilbert; W. Wilberforce A. Ramsey, Esq. and the California Gold Rush by Thomas J. Noel; Dom Pedro II in California, 1876 by Ronald Genini; Governor Armijo and the Tejanos by Daniel Tyler; Immigrant Life in Emergent San Francisco by Bradford Luckingham; Community Conflict in Roseburg, Oregon, 1870 - 1885 by William Robbins; Books for the Western Library : 45 Books on Various Historical Subjects are analytically reviewed; The Journal's Journal by Lorrin L. Morrison; Index for Volume XII.