Texas Argonauts

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DILLON, RICHARD H., Texas Argonauts: Isaac H. Duval and the California Gold Rush. San Francisco: The Book Club of San Francisco, 1987. 199pp. Illustrated. Original cloth backed boa rds. Folio. Plain dust wrapper. Prospectus & note about printing delay inserted. Fine. Illustrated by Charles Shaw. This being 1 of 450 copies designed by David Holman and printed at the Wind River Press. "Major Duval's reminiscences of the Gila Trail journey from Texas to the Mother Lode mines... a significant documentation..." Encounters with hostile Apaches & Mexicans, trek through deserts (unusual gold rush route). Destined to become a much sought & expensive book. Show more