Robert Royalton and His Covered Wagon: The Veteran's Son Who Fought His Own Battles with the Power of Inspiration and Courted the Women He Loved in a Locomotive Cab and on the Banks of the Wabash
Rochester, New York: The Rochester Press, 1928. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2351196
Fore edge faintly foxed, ink name on half-title page, pages a bit toned. Binding tight and square, text clean and unmarked.
xii, 334 pp. Original red cloth, gilt titles, Engraved frontispiece. A story of an American life, much in the tradition of Paul Bunyan et al, though it is based on a real historical figure. From the jacket: "Tourists on the way from Boston to California, with Bob Royalton the Boy Engineer at the throttle, ran into a drove of wild horses in the night making fast speed across the Desert. This story from boyhood to young manhood, is one of the greatest thrilling true story ever published."
Price: $15.00