Set in the early 1850s, this is a gripping Santa Fe Trail story for young readers. Peter Blair is a twelve-year-old St. Louis boy whose mother has recently died and whose father has gone to Santa Fe to seek his fortune. A St. Louis friend agrees to care for Peter. When his father's acquaintance "Uncle" Seth returns to St. Louis, he checks on Peter. The lonely boy persuades his "Uncle," a weather-beaten trapper, to take him to Santa Fe to be with his father. Uncle Seth leads their wagon train through an Indian attack, ...
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Set in the early 1850s, this is a gripping Santa Fe Trail story for young readers. Peter Blair is a twelve-year-old St. Louis boy whose mother has recently died and whose father has gone to Santa Fe to seek his fortune. A St. Louis friend agrees to care for Peter. When his father's acquaintance "Uncle" Seth returns to St. Louis, he checks on Peter. The lonely boy persuades his "Uncle," a weather-beaten trapper, to take him to Santa Fe to be with his father. Uncle Seth leads their wagon train through an Indian attack, desertion by greenhorns, a buffalo stampede, a violent storm, and other hardships. When Peter finally reaches his destination, he finds that his father has left Santa Fe. He must go on another journey, one that almost proves fatal.
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Oliphant, Pat. Very Good. Minor shelf wear, otherwise book content is in very good condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 192 p. Contains: Unspecified. Intended for a juvenile audience.
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Oliphant, Pat. Very Good. In protective sealing. Clean unused copy. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 192 p. Contains: Unspecified. Intended for a juvenile audience.
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Oliphant, Pat. Good in Good jacket. Book 191pp; fep. has word written in ink; pictorial d/j, faded at spine; remains of sticker to rear. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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Fine in Very Good + jacket. Signed by Author Signed by Author New looking first edition signed copy, also contains a note from the author on author's stationery signed and dated August 21, 2003, Fine/Very Good plus condition, little wrinkle along top edge of otherwise fine dust jacket, tight clean unmarked copy, 191 pages.
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Oliphant, Pat. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by author AND illustrator (with a small sketch) on the half-title page (signatures only). Stated 1st edition, no number line (1st printing). Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 192 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. As new except for very faint edge curl to dust jacket. Carson is descended from the second governor of the New Mexico Territory; this book is a revision of his father's story derived from the diaries and letters of the governor. Oliphant is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist. Uncommon signed, especially by both. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
