McCLURE, A. K.. Three Thousand Miles through the Rockies. J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1869.

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Description: 8vo. Three plates. 456 pp. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. A few discreet repairs to cloth, generally fresh and bright. FIRST EDITION, signed by the author on the front flyleaf. "Trip across the plains and great divide into Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, and Montana; adventures in the mines; the Indian Campaigns; first settlers; gambling hells; the Montana Vigilants and Organization of Plummer's Band; the history and exploits of Col. John X. Beidler; the murder of Col. Bozeman by the savages; savagery of the plains, 5,000 whites murdered in a year; the Bozeman Route, etc., etc." (Eberstadt cat 111:338); Graff 2576; Howes M49; Sabin 43059 ("A clever book, including details of Indian warfare, etc. ").

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