The West Its History And Romance

Excerpt from The West, Its History and Romance: Rare, Curious and Important Books, Pamphlets, Broadsides and Maps Relating to the Western States From the Ohio to the Pacific, Including the Original Manuscripts of Sutter's Fort, 1846-1847 The printing and binding are splendidly done by the De Vinne Press, with a dignity and simplicity in keeping with the importance of the manuscripts. The arrangement, grouping and cataloguing of the documents and the introductions and critical summary, were done by the historian Seymour Dunbar, who was occupied in the task for a year following the discovery of the papers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.