Thornton, Jessy Quinn:

$500 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

OREGON AND CALIFORNIA IN 1848...INCLUDING RECENT AND AUTHENTIC INFORMATION ON THE SUBJECT OF THE GOLD MINES OF CALIFORNIA.... Third edition, issued without a map, after the first of 1849. "Thornton was one of the real pioneers of Oregon and California, arriving in Oregon in 1846. He has always been considered a good authority, and this work is among the best of the times. The first printed account of the sufferings of the Donner party is found in this volume" - Wheat. The twelve illustrations, all engravings, show scenes from Thornton's observations on the Oregon Trail, and imaginative renditions of the demise of the Donner party.

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