John Marsh, Pioneer: The Life Story of a Trail-blazer on Six Frontiers (1930)

Lyman, George D. John Marsh, Pioneer: The Life Story of a Trail-blazer on Six Frontiers. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First Edition. [7858] First printing (A). Dark blue publisher's cloth with gilt titles, light bump top right, surface scratch to front, 6 x 8 3/4 inches. Map end papers, frontispiece portrait of Marsh, xii., (1), 394 clean pp. with bibliography & index, several b/w illustrations. Previous owner's ink name stamp on the top closed page edge. Good. Hardcover. Howes L578. "This biography of John Marsh is based entirely on source material: on old diaries, journals, faded letters, statements, reminiscences and memoirs found in many quarters..." - p. 339.John Marsh (1799-1856) b. Danvers, Massachusetts; d. Vine Hill California. he was educated at the Phillips Academy in Andover, and at Harvard College, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1823. At first inclined to the Christian ministry, he became a medical doctor. He migrated west, teaching school in the Michigan