Name/Title
"OUR NEW WEST"Entry/Object ID
2004.216.1.1Description
Color: Brown; Gold
"Our New West : records of travel between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean," by Samuel Bowles (Hartford: Hartford Publishing Company,) 1869. The 524-page hardcover book has a brown cover with gold lettering, including a logo with the title at the center of the front and the title, author's last name, and publisher's name with images of a stagecoach and railroad on the spine. The work describes travel from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, including the recently-completed transcontinental railroad and describes the scenery, economics, social life, and prospects of the western states and territories, as well as discusses the Mormons, Indians, and Chinese. There are twnety-seven chapters to the work with seven of these concerning California. There are some illustrations, including a map, and the work is in fair condition with spine, edge, and corner rubbing, acid burns on pages, especially those adjoining and touching illustrations, spine brittleness, dented corners, cover soiling, page browning, fading of cover lettering, foxing on pages, stains on the cover and inside, especially from handling, and tears to the cover fabric and inside binding.Lexicon
Search Terms
Three-dimensional, Books, Hartford Publishing Co., West (U. S.)--Description and travel, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Railroads--West (U. S.)
