Vintage Travel Autobiography: On a Donkey's Hurricane Deck by R. Pitcher Woodward Hardcover HC 1930 The Chronicle Company

Title: On a Donkey's Hurricane Deck

Author: R. Pitcher Woodward

Description: Subtitled: "A Tempestuous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours (starting without a dollar and earning my way)" Dark green cloth boards with gilt. Damp-discoloration to the corner areas of the front board on one corner of the rear board. Previous owner's book plate on front paste-down and brief presentation inscription at the top of the ffep, otherwise interior is clean and crisp. The author's travelogue of his journey across the North American continent, from Madison Square to San Francisco, on a donkey, which took place beginning in late November 1896 and concluded in early November 1897. Includes 25 photographs (on plates) and 12 line-cut caricatures.

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

Jacket Condition: None

Publisher: The Chronicle Company

Place: Snow Hill, MD

Year: 1930

ISBN: n/a

Language: English

Size: 9 x 6 inches.

Pages: 416 pages.

Keywords: travel literature, United States, coast to coast,