The Mythic West in Twentieth-Century America (signed by Claire Athearn)
$17.00 USD • Used
A first printing of historian Robert G. Athearn's observations of how the Old West has impacted the mindset of people of the 20th century. Per the jacket flap, this work is ". . .a blend of schola...
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A first printing of historian Robert G. Athearn's observations of how the Old West has impacted the mindset of people of the 20th century. Per the jacket flap, this work is ". . .a blend of scholarship, personal observation, and opinion." With black & white historic photos and illustrations scattered throughout the text; foreword by Elliott West. With prior owner David F. Halaas's dated signature to front free endpaper, and signed on title page by Claire Athearn (presumably the wife/widow of the author), thus: "For my second favorite / Norwegian, / Love / Claire Athearn." --- In full grey cloth-covered boards with black spine titling. Volume wrapped in dust jacket with photo of Judge E. C. Winchell wrapped in an American flag and pointing a revolver while atop Mount Winchell in California. --- An about-Near Fine copy: bright, tightly-bound and unmarked. Unpriced jacket with a little rubbing, else bright, complete, and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector. ; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xii, 319 pages
Product Info
ISBN: 0700603042
ISBN-13: 9780700603046
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Year: 1986
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
First Edition
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