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1901 Gold Hunting in Alaska Joseph Grinnell, David C. Cook

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1901 Gold Hunting in Alaska Joseph Grinnell, David C. Cook
 1901 Gold Hunting in Alaska Joseph Grinnell, David C. Cook  1901 Gold Hunting in Alaska Joseph Grinnell, David C. Cook  1901 Gold Hunting in Alaska Joseph Grinnell, David C. Cook  1901 Gold Hunting in Alaska Joseph Grinnell, David C. Cook 





Details


Published: Elgin, IL 1901
Publisher: David C. Cook
First Ed. 96 pp
Edited by Elizabeth Grinnell.

The book is "dedicated to disappointed gold-hunters the world over."

Title page portrait of the author, plus photograph illustrations throughout text. Measures 8x6½" with toned covers.

A compilation from letters written by Joseph Grinnell while in Alaska with the Long Beach and Alaska Mining and Trading Company.
Diary of a young California gold-prospector, April 8, 1898 to September 27, 1899, who later became a respected ornithologist at the University of California.

"Wraps show only a few tiny stains.  Intact and clean inside, spine has very minor tears; very good to excellent especially for the age.

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