Beyond the Cross Timbers: The Travels of Randolph B. Marcy, 1812-1887
first edition Hardcover
1955 · Norman
by Hollon, W. Eugene
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1955 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Pp. xiii, [1], 270. 9 photographic plates and maps. Notes, bibliographical note, index. Tan cloth. A very fine and bright copy with perfect dust jacket. Account of Marcy's five expeditions through the West, from which he drafted the first reasonably accurate maps of the Southwest. His advice led to the establishment of the "Cross Timbers" forts and numerous Indian reservations. Scarce in this condition.. (Inventory #: 8175)
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