GRIM JOURNEY (SIGNED)
New York: Minton, Balch & Co., 1934. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo, 7.75 in. x 5.25 in., pp. viii, 275. Signed and dated (1934) by the author on the half title page. Green-gray boards with dark green title to front and spine. Rubbing to extremities, Grubbiness to boards and spine. Endpaper maps. Light age-toning to pages. Unmarked interior. Chips to top front corner, and to top/bottom of dustjacket spine. Edgewear to dustjacket. Good Plus / Good Plus. Item #86223
A Story of American men and women - the Donner Party of 1846 - who found, on the Overland Trail, despair, heroism, cannibalism and (some of them) success. A novel of fact." (from the dustjacket)
"The narrative from the lips of a survivor, Mr. Eddy, late of Illinois, who lost wife and children by a horrible fate, and who participated in the rescue of his late companions of the migration." (from the title page).
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