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Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893 The California and Oregon Trail: being sketches of prairie and Rocky Mountain life

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04150 Author/Creator: Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Book signed Date: 1849 Pagination: 448 p. : ill. : plates Height: 19.5 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy

The two plates, frontispiece and pictorial title are engraved by Childs after F.O.C. Darley and printed by C.A. Alvord. Inscribed with "Dr. O'Callaghan, with respects of F. Parkman Jr."

Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893
G.P. Putnam & Co. (New York, N.Y.)
Alvord, Corydon A., fl. 1812-1874
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888
Childs, fl. 1849
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Travel
Westward Expansion
Frontiers and Exploration
American Indian History
Geography and Natural History
National Park Service
Age of Jackson

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