[Rarebooks] FS: Mormons, Yellowstone, Alaska, &c.

[Bob Petrilla]

Parkinson, Edward S. WONDERLAND; OR, TWELVE WEEKS IN AND OUT OF THE UNITED
STATES, Brief account of a trip across the continent--Short run into
Mexico--Ride to the Yosemite Valley--Steamer Voyage to Alaska, the land of
glaciers--Visit to the great Shoshone Falls and a stage ride through the
Yellowstone National Park. Trenton, N.J.: MacCrellish & Quigley, 1894.
First Edition. 259pp; 24 illustrations, some full-page, some vignettes. The
frontispiece is from a photograph of the 11 male and female travelers at
Muir Glacier. Red cloth, gilt lettering, patterned endpapers. 7.5" x 5.25"
Very Good. Original Cloth.
"Edward S. Parkinson was a New Jersey newspaperman who traveled to
California and Alaska in 1892. Wonderland, or Twelve weeks in and out of
the United States (1894) is his account of that three-month adventure: a
rail trip from New Jersey to California with side trips to Oregon,
Washington, and Alaska. Highlights include visits to the Grand Canyon,
Yellowstone and Yosemite, Portland and Shoshone; with a chapter on
California resort hotels." (WorldCat) [Flake, Mormon Bibliography, 6100b]
    $250.00

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