The Salton Sea: An Account of Harriman's Fight with the Colorado River

by George Kennan

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Epilonian Books presents ... The Salton Sea: An Account of Harriman's Fight with the Colorado River Author:George Kennan Publisher:The Macmillan Company Release Date:1917 Seller Category:History Qty Available:1 Condition:Used: Acceptable Sku: 20260428014 Notes: The Macmillan Company, Published 1917. Hardcover, 106 pp. plus 6 preliminary leaves and publisher's advertisements; 21 cm; illustrated with a photographic frontispiece, halftone photographic plates throughout, and two maps; bears the Macmillan colophon "Set up and printed. Published May, 1917." with no later printing notations.In Acceptable condition, no dust jacket. Dark blue cloth-covered boards lettered in gilt to the front and spine in a decorative blackletter type. Color loss with chipping and fraying to the cloth at the bottom corner of the front cover. Moderate overall shelf wear and rubbing across both boards, with rubbing to the lettering and some loss of the gilt on the front. Moderate scuffing and soiling to the cloth, particularly on the back board. Spine binding cracked in several places, most noticeably along the heavier illustrated plates, but the text block remains intact. Pages toned overall with occasional light spotting. Otherwise unmarked. A primary-source eyewitness account of the 1905-1907 Salton Sea disaster, when the Colorado River broke through irrigation works at the Mexican border and flooded the Imperial Valley, creating the modern Salton Sea. The author, George Kennan (1845-1924), was the n

• Publisher: The Macmillan Company
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fair

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