James Duane Doty: Frontier Promoter
by Smith, Alice Elizabeth
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket tattered, sunned, price-clipped.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Madison, WI: State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket tattered, sunned, price-clipped.. 1954. Hardcover. Cranberry cloth binding. x, 472pp, index, notes, bibliographical note, photos and illustrations. The story of one of the frontiers most amazing figures: lawyer and circuit-riding judge, member of Congress, governor of two territories, land speculator, railroad promoter, founder of cities, and all-round booster and optimist. (from front jacket panel). ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45664
- Title
- James Duane Doty: Frontier Promoter
- Author
- Smith, Alice Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket tattered, sunned, price-clipped.
- Publisher
- State Historical Society of Wisconsin
- Place of Publication
- Madison, WI
- Date Published
- 1954
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- James Duane Doty, Wisconsin History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Memoir; Literary Biography;
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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