NUGGETS FROM CHALK CREEK
by Humbeutel, Lacy
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Colorado Springs, Colorado: Century One Press, 1975. Softcover. Good. Colorado Springs, CO: Century One Press, 1975. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. 96. Perfect-bound booklet, Tan card covers with black lettering. Clipping laid in at rear recounts the author's death by drowning in the very stream -- Chalk Creek -- about which she writes.
Some staining and rippling to covers, mostly around spine. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Includes fascinating section on "Stage Coach Rules -- 1870": "If the stage teams run away or are pursued byIndians, stay in the coach and take your chances. Don't jump out for you will either be injured or scalped; In cold weather abstain from liquor for you are subject to freezing quicker if under the influence than if you are cold sober; If chewing tobacco, spit to the leeward side; Don't swear, snore, or lap over on neighbords when sleeping; Don't discuss politics or religion. Don't point out sites where robberies or Indian attacks have taken place.
Some staining and rippling to covers, mostly around spine. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Includes fascinating section on "Stage Coach Rules -- 1870": "If the stage teams run away or are pursued byIndians, stay in the coach and take your chances. Don't jump out for you will either be injured or scalped; In cold weather abstain from liquor for you are subject to freezing quicker if under the influence than if you are cold sober; If chewing tobacco, spit to the leeward side; Don't swear, snore, or lap over on neighbords when sleeping; Don't discuss politics or religion. Don't point out sites where robberies or Indian attacks have taken place.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 407
- Title
- NUGGETS FROM CHALK CREEK
- Author
- Humbeutel, Lacy
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Century One Press
- Place of Publication
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Colorado History, Chalk Creek Gulch, Nathrop,Colorado, Mt. Princeton, Colorado, Byrd Fuqua, Charlie Ignee, Mary Murphy Mine, St. Elmo, Colorado
Terms of Sale
Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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About the Seller
Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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Eugene, Oregon
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