Oak Knoll

A collection of thirteen essays on aspects of the American West as it appeared to travelers who braved the trans-Mississippi frontier from its French-Spanish days through the 19th century, here recreated from letters, diaries, reminiscences, and books of travel. Lacking the jacket. Near fine. Several of the articles report on the resources available in important Americana collections, reports and documents of the U.S. Congress, writers who saw the Indian as a human being, and others who explore 19th century newspapers and periodicals. "Each traveler saw the West through his own limited experience--but he did see it...from the travelers we can eventually discover what the western world was like." Illustrated with 75 plates and figures in text of contemporary drawings and maps. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.