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Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by John H. Williams. xxvi, 332 pp. Illustrated with numerous plates from photographs, drawings, paintings, etc., 16 in color; sketches in the text; map. 24x16 cm. (9½x6½"), original vellum-backed cloth, spine lettered in gilt, armorial emblem on front cover, top edge gilt.

First published in 1863, but both Howes and Tweney note this as the "best edition," and the first publication of the Western letters and journals. Tweney furthermore states that "Winthrop was probably better fitted to portray the West than any other Eastern man who attempted to describe it. As a story of travel among the forests and mountains of the Northwest, it was the first of a long line of books that turned the eyes of the country westward...." (Graff 4715); Howes W584; Smith 11136; Tweney 86.