Faris, John T. Winning the Oregon Territory (1912)

Faris, John T. Winning the Oregon Territory. New York: Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada, 1912. [7508] Printed blue wrapper, spine fade to brown with a little loss at the ends, 7 1/2 x 5 inches, x., 241 clean pp., illustrated. Light crease to front, "editorial use only" stamp on ffep, front of the wrapper weak at the hinge. Good. Paperback. The folding map is of the United States, with Boundary, Routes and Mission Stations of the Oregon Country delineated. This includes Boundary of Original Oregon Country; Route of Lewis and Clarke westward; Route of Jason Lee westward; Route of Whitman's Ride eastward; and Mission Stations."It is my privilege to tell you of men and women whose lives were filled with events as thrilling as any of those told of those who have gone to China or India or Africa or the islands of the sea. These events took place right here in our own continent. And the heroes were men and women who have a right to be named as pioneers with Daniel