Thirty-Seven Days of Peril

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Item:

Book

Title:

Thirty-Seven Days of Peril A Narrative of the Early Days of the Yellowstone

Author:

Truman C. Everts

Illustrator:

Joseph Sinel

Printer:

Edwin and Robert Grabhorn, James McDonald

Place of Printing:

San Francisco

Date of Printing:

1923

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Donated by:

Kenneth Innes III

Author and Commentators

Truman C. Everts (1816-1901). American explorer who was part of the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition that explored northwestern Wyoming and what would become Yellowstone National Park.

Joseph Sinel (1885-1975). New Zealand born industrial designer who moved to the United States. While living in San Francisco, he did book designs and illustrations for the Grabhorn brothers.

The Book

Five-page preface, 57 page narrative, and one page colophon. 375 copies produced by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn and James McDonald. Title page and decorations by Joseph Sinel.

Contents

This is the true story of the thirty-seven days in 1870 that Truman C. Everts was lost in the Yellowstone area without food or equipment. He was finally saved by two mountain men.

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