The Path Of Gold
Edson & Irish, 1900. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Item #634620
A Scarce Pacific Northwest poetry publication; published in New Whatcom, which today is Bellingham, WA. [28]pp., in red handsewn wraps. Water damage along the spine, top corner chipped, else a Good copy. Carrie Blake Morgan was the older sister to the better known Norhtwest poet and writer Ella Higginson, who encouraged her to write, and had this, her first collection of poetry published. She's also a notable Oregon pioneer, having come out west on the Oregon Trail in 1864. Poems in this collection such as The Path of Gold, To a Mountain, and The Old Emigrant Road, have poetic connections to her experiences as a young woman in the west. SMITH 7001.
Price: $200.00