The Kanzas Region

GREENE, MAX. The Kanzas Region: Forest, Prairie, Desert, Mountain, Vale, and River. Descriptions of Scenery, Climate, Wild Productions, Capabilities of Soil, and Commercial Resources; Interspersed with Incidents of Travel, and Anecdotes Illustrative of the Character of the Traders and Ted Men; to Which are Added Directions as to Routes, Outfit for the Pioneer, and Sketches of Desirable Localities for Present Settlement. New York: Fowler & Wells, 1856. 192pp. +advertisements. Frontis map. Original printed wrappers. Stitched. Friont wrapper detached. Rear wrapper lacking. Stitching loose. Small clipping advertisement for publisher pasted on verso of front wrapper. Chipping to edges and spine. Stamp for the American Antiquarian Society of Worcester, Massachusetts on front wrapper. Quite clean internally. Good.

"This work provides a good account of the prairie and mountain region featuring many incidents from the author's own experiences from 1850 to 1855. It also contains a history of the Santa Fe treade and descriptions of the Santa Fe trail." --Wagner Camp 276. Howes G383. Graff 1650. Streeter 1821. Eberstadt 137:219: "Rare in Wrappers. Greene Spent the years 1850-55 on the western plains, and gives many of his own experiences, as well as a history of the Santa Fe trade and descriptions of the trail."