McLOUGHLIN AND OLD OREGON : A Chronicle (2nd Edition)
by Dye, Eva Emery
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible - Very Good/No Jacket
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: A.C. McClurg, 1900. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Collectible - Very Good/No Jacket. Vintage 1900First Edition, First Thus. Text/Bright, strong & Near New. Illustrated, embossed green boards w/gilt spine lettering/NF w/rubs to corner tips, upper/lower spine edges & front edge of spine. DJ/None. Upper text edge in gilt. PO name to fEP & blank ex- libris label to front cover verso. Historical novel; biography. Frontispiece: portrait of Dr. John McLoughlin (1784 - 1897), oft known as the "Father of Oregon". Of imposing physical stature (six foot four) with flowing locks of pre-mature white hair, master of several Indian languages, practicing physician & merchant (his general store was the last stop of the Oregon Trail), and very strong in character, McLoughlin found himself in Oregon, occupying the land for England, as the Chief Factor of the Columbia Fur District of the Hudson's Bay Company (highly profitable under his leadership). He advocated an independent Oregon nation earning animosity from ever increasing American settlers. After Oregon was incorporated into the United States, McLoughlin was elected Mayor of Oregon City. A larger-than-life historical figure.
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- 100 POCKETS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010310
- Title
- McLOUGHLIN AND OLD OREGON : A Chronicle (2nd Edition)
- Author
- Dye, Eva Emery
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Publisher
- A.C. McClurg
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- Historical Novel/Biography/Oregon/Hudson's Bay Company/
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography; Memoir;
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