Buy this book on-line Cossley-Batt, Jill L : The Last of the California RangersFunk & Wagnalls Company, New York, 1928
First Edition. Original publisher's medium blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Black-and-white illustrated endpapers. 6" x 8 1/2." 299 pages, complete. Twenty-four black-and-white illustrations (some of the plates have more than one illustration), complete. Pages are virtually pristine and intact. Covers are very clean and intact except for light rubbing and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. Fascinating biography about the life and career of William James Howard (1826-1924), an American military officer and pioneer. Howard served as a captain of Company A of the Mariposa Battalion, a unit of the California Militia that was organized in 1851 during the Mariposa War, and a member of the California Rangers, a paramilitary police force organized in 1853 that was tasked with combating violent crime in Gold Country. Howard was the last surviving member of both the Mariposa Battalion and California Rangers.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Cossley-Batt, Jill L : The Last of the California Rangers. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including collectables, libri rari, first editions, livres illustrées and used books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |