Holling C. Holling

Tree In The Trail [Native Americans, the Southwest and The Santa Fe Trail]

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1942. Illustrated by Holling C. Holling. Hardcover with Dust Jacket.

Green buckram with blue titles and front decoration; 11.25 inches tall; 56 unnumbered pages. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with rubbing on the lower edge. The dust jacket is price-clipped and has minimal wear with a chip on the lower edge. No statement of printing, rear of DJ is review for just the Paddle to the Sea..

The history of the Great Plains and the Santa Fe Trail is told in text and pictures by focusing on a cottonwood tree and the events that happen around it.

Conestoga Wagon specifics from Arthur Woodward, who authored "Navajo Silver Smithing" and served as Director of History and Anthropology at the Los Angeles Museum. Lucille Webster Holling, the wife of Holling, created a comprehensive double-page map tracing the Santa Fe Trail's route from St. Louis through Council Bluffs, past the Tree in the Trail near Cow Creek, to Bent's Fort, then descending through Raton Pass to Santa Fe.

The map meticulously showcases both topographical and historical highlights. Additionally, the book features vibrant full-color plates derived from watercolors and intricate in-text line drawings crafted by the author himself.

Subjects: Native Americans, the Southwest and The Santa Fe Trail.

Item #18060

Price: $45.00