[Miller, A.P.]

Tom's Experience in Dakota: Why He Went; What He Did There; What Crops He Raised, and How He Raised Them; What They Cost Him, and What He Received for Them; and All about His Ups and Downs, Successes and Failures. His Talks with Old Friends, and His Advice to Them about Going West. Who Ought to Go, and Who Ought Not; What Men and Women with Money and with None Can Do There; Why Some Succeed, and Others Do Not; with Practical Information for All Classes of People Who Want Homes in the West, Pointing Out Plainly the Way to Success.

Minneapolis: Miller, Hale & Co., 1883. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2303666

Apparent first edition, but this edition was simultaneous with a C.D. Whitall edition of the same year, also a Minneapolis imprint, and the priority is unclear. Hinges weakening, pages lightly toned, ink name on front flyleaf.

vii, 146 pp. Brown pebbled cloth, gilt titles. A practical guide to the dos and don'ts of settling in the American West during the late 19th century, Contemporary tipped in ads precede and follow text.

Price: $75.00