John Marsh, Pioneer; The Life Story of a Trail-blazer on Six Frontiers
New York: Scribner’s Sons, 1930. Fine. First Edition. SIGNED by Lyman [6x8.75”]; xii, 394 pp., frontispiece image of Marsh, 23 illustrations, appendix, bibliography, index; Dark Blue cloth on covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, fore edge untrimmed, map of United States on front end papers and California on rear end papers; Minimal shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, rubbing to top and bottom of spine, prior owner ink gift inscription and Lyman's signature on title page. [Cowan II p. 400]. Item #14436
John Marsh (1799-1856) was a physician, rancher, early pioneer of the Southwest. He emigrated to California in 1836 and , after becoming a Mexican citizen, acquired Rancho Los Meganos in Contra Costa County in Northern California. He became one of the wealthiest ranchers and assisted in California statehood after the Mexican-American war and secession of the West to the United States.
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