A Long Way to Frisco 1852 SIGNED 1951 Alfred Powers Oregon California Novel

Description: Description Title: A Long Way to Frisco: A folk adventure novel of California and Oregon in 1852 Author: Alfred Powers Illustrator: James Daugherty Description: Signed by Powers on the half-title page. Stated First Edition. Beige cloth boards with brown pictorial. Crisp and clean. Dust jacket rubbed; slight wear to top front fore-edge corner; not price clipped ($2.50). DJ in clear archival sleeve. 186 pp. 8.25 x 5.5 inches. A Gold Rush-era tale wherein a couple young men drive a herd of live hogs from Oregon's Willamette Valley to San Francisco: no easy trail to be made on hoof and foot and more than six hundred miles. Adventures and encounters with highwaymen, extortionists, Indians, grizzlies, the mountain man Joe Meek, and other characters fill the story. Alfred Powers (1888-1984) was an Oregon educator, historian, and author. His notable History of Oregon Literature was published in 1935. Binding: Hardcover Condition: Near Fine Jacket Condition: Very Good Publisher: Little, Brown, and Company Place: Boston Year: 1951 Language: English ISBN: n/a Keywords: Oregon authors, historical fiction, novel, fiction, James Daugherty, Shipping We will make every effort to ship all items out within one business day of your cleared payment. Unless specified, all books are sent via USPS media mail (within the US). We also offer other shipping options to meet your needs. Thanks for shopping!Payment We gladly accept PayPal. Please email us with any questions.

Price: 40 USD

Location: Portland, Oregon

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