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Seller's Description:
Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Some pencil notes at the rep and some light pencil marginal marks noted. 176 p. 24 cm. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Bibliography. Tells the story of Denver's family roots in Ireland and Scotland and traces his early days as farmer, teacher, editor, lawyer and soldier. His law partner tried to dissuade him from volunteering for the Mexican War but he recruited a company of infantry and went off to America's deadliest conflict. After which, he led a party of Forty Niners overland to the California gold fields. He found no gold but plunged into politics and was elected to the State Senate.