This living earth

Cavagnaro, David

American West Pub. Co

Dust jacket notes: "A PICTORIAL DOCUMENTARY: From the century-old, 10 x 13-inch, wet-plate collodion negatives of A. J. Russell - chronicler of the building of the Union Pacific Railroad, one of the greatest engineering feats of the day. 'The Great Work of the Age!' it was hailed by the politicians, journalists, promoters, and philosophers of America and Europe. This was the Union Pacific, the continent-shrinking streak of gleaming iron, speculative dollars, and human sweat and ingenuity that bound together the nation that was to lead the world into the twentieth century. The men who built the U.P. knew they were making history, and they had the foresight and insight to document their work in the imperishable images of an outstanding practitioner of the nascent art of photography - A. J. Russell, who stood next to the great Matthew Brady as a keen interpreter of great events. Now, for the first time, his marvelous original negatives are reproduced in expensive double-plate printing on quality paper. This great documentary of one of America's epic adventures is interpreted and highlighted by the narrative of Barry B. Combs, who combines his intimate knowledge of the history of the Union Pacific Railroad with a long and thorough study of the original photographs. His knowledgeable introduction and detailed, perceptive captions provide a sparkling and informative narrative for one of the most beautiful photographic collections the nineteenth century West ever produced."

Westward to Promontory: Building the Union Pacific across the Plains and Mountains, A Pictorial Documentary

combs, barry

Palo Alto, California: American West Publishing Co, 1970. 1st Edition, thus, Hardbound, 8vo (about 9.25 inches tall), 198 pages. Notes, reading list, index. Originally appeared in the San Francisco Bulletin shortly after 1900.

A Kid on the Comstock: Reminiscences of a Virginia City Childhood

Biographies & Memoirs

WALDORF, John Taylor

Waldorf, Dolores Bryant (Editor)

Regional U.S.

Thrashin' time;: Memories of a Montana boyhood

Shatraw, Milton

Ballads of the Great West

Fife, Austin

Oblong Sm Quarto, 1952, PP.127, Prehistoric Times In California, Stock Photo May Be incorrect, This Dust Jacket Has Tan Coloration With Prehistoric Landscape Line Drawing

Earth song;: A prologue to history

Camp, Charles Lewis

Living water

Ernest Braun

David Cavagnaro

Bound in the publisher's original brown quarter leather and cloth covered boards, spine stamped in gilt. Map decorated endpapers and profusely illustrated throughout in color and black &amp; white. Fine in a fine slipcase.

Gold and Silver in the West: The Illustrated History of an American Dream

WATKINS, T.H.

by Major William Downie – Published in 1893 this fascinating story is a must read for anyone interested in the Gold Rush and in the areas in and around Downieville, California. Major William Downie and a group of prospectors were the first group other than the Indians to venture as far back into the Sierra’s as they did, and they were rewarded richly for their efforts. Gold was so rich in the area they literally sometimes just picked it up off the ground or out of the creeks. Panning 50 or more ounces in a day was normal in the beginning. His story is absolutely amazing as he tells of all their experiences from finding gold, to being snowed in and almost starving to death while having tons of gold but no one to buy food from, to the ending as the “Easy” gold eventually played out. He also tells stories of Downieville in it’s early days, a town he is credited with founding, and a must see town even today if you have not been there. Later he would leave California to chase gold in other rushes around the world. Now back in Print by Sylvanite Publishing.

Hunting for gold

William Downie

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