A PEDESTRIOUS TOUR, OF FOUR THOUSAND MILES, THROUGH THE WESTERN STATES AND TERRITORIES, DURING THE WINTER AND SPRING OF 1818....
Evans, Estwick:
Concord, N.H. 1819. 256pp. Woodcut frontis. Original printed boards, later cloth reinforcement at spine. Boards slightly rubbed. Copyright notice pasted to verso of titlepage (as issued). Else a near fine copy, untrimmed and in original condition. In a cloth chemise and slipcase, leather label. This book is generally considered one of the best accounts of travel in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys of this period. Evans went to Detroit early in the year, backtracking to Pittsburgh, then descending the Ohio and Mississippi to New Orleans, from whence he returned to New England by sea. "Evans apparently had no other purpose for the trip than pleasure and experience. His comments on people, scenes, customs, manners, etc., personal as they are, are entertaining and illuminating. He was an intelligent observer" - Graff. GRAFF 1269. MICHIGAN RARITIES 54. HOWES E220, "b." HUBACH, p.51. FIELD 509. BUCK 115. CLARK II:201. THOMSON 382. SABIN 23148. GREENLY, MICHIGAN 56.
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