Buy this book on-line WILLIAM A. KREBS : 1896 ARCHIVE OF 38 MANUSCRIPT LETTERS DETAILING AN OHIO MAN'S ATTEMPT TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ONLY TO ADMIT DEFEAT AND RETURN HOME SEVEN MONTHS LATER
16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. On offer is a super archive of thirty eight [38] manuscript letters dated April 1896 through November 1896, all handwritten by William A. Krebs to his immediate family back home in Seventeen Ohio. Krebs was a 22-year old man who went to California to seek his fortune, spending several weeks in Los Angeles, 5 months at Red Mountain Ranch near Fallworth, California [decades later famed Frank Capra would own the estate], and finally another month in L.A. before coming home. The writer was a school teacher so collectors and historians of Southern California Americana will finds his letters are well-written and informative. Researchers will also appreciate the these letters comprise the entire trip to California from the first letter talking about the trip to the last letter making arrangements to come back home. Most are addressed to his father, but there are others addressed to his brother and sisters. Overall the letters are VG.. Manuscript. Book Condition: Good 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 WILLIAM A. KREBS : 1896 ARCHIVE OF 38 MANUSCRIPT LETTERS DETAILING AN OHIO MAN'S ATTEMPT TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ONLY TO ADMIT DEFEAT AND RETURN HOME SEVEN MONTHS LATER. 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 livres rares, atlases, livres anciens, out-of-print books and used books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |