Illustrated Sketches of Death Valley and Other Borax Deserts of the Pacific Coast |
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| Author:
| Spears, John Randolph |
| Editor:
| Steeples, Douglas W. |
| Series title: | American Land Classics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-6507-7 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2001 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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In 1891, New York Sun reporter and travel writer J. R. Spears accepted an invitation to visit Death Valley to write about the region and explore its borax mines. Spears, the first professional journalist to visit, photograph, and report on the region, provided the American reading public with an engaging and informed account of Death Valley and ......
In 1891, New York Sun reporter and travel writer J. R. Spears accepted an invitation to visit Death Valley to write about the region and explore its borax mines. Spears, the first professional journalist to visit, photograph, and report on the region, provided the American reading public with an engaging and informed account of Death Valley and ......