The Nicaragua Route. by Folkman, David I. Jr

University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City [c1972]. 'Second printing 1976'. Soft Cover. 173 p., illus.; 24.5 cm. "In the vast gold rush literature the Panama route has received adequate attention... notwithstanding the many references to the subject, the full story of the Nicaragua route has never been told. The purpose of this book is to draw these many references together under one cover into a meaningful and complete story of the Nicaragua route to the gold fields." Contents include Early Travel Across the Isthmus; The Nicaragua Contract; Birth of the Nicaragua Route; The Route Changes Hands; Filibuster Complications; Rivalry Over a Charter; The Central American Transit Company; Steamship Schedules; Passengers by the Isthmian Routes 1848-1869; Index. Pictorial paper covers; a little underlining; VG. stock#720.