ROLLING NORTH, AN AMERICAN FAMILY PIONEERS UP ALCAN HIGHWAY to Anchorage, Alaska in 1950. IN DUSTJACKET, BY AMY GREENWOOD ,VINTAGE TRAILER PARK BOOK, Friends & Family on Philadelphia s MAIN LINE were Aghast To Hear that Dick & Amy Greenwood planned

BY AMY GREENWOOD , B/W Illustrations by Lombard Jones, Inner DJ Flap $3

Published by Thomas Y. Crowell Co. NY, 1955

About this Item

HBDJ, 1955, 1st edition, VG/GOOD-, AS-IS, A clean, tight copy with no markings, no dog-ears, no stains, no grubbiness, no odors -- just a little wear to head and foot of spine. On the front endpaper, original owner's 2 bookplates is pasted down atop the original bookseller's (a pity, as that plate is more tantalizing than Mrs. Emma M. Taylor's; maybe hers can be removed?). Alas, DJ is only GOOD- with Stains & Darkening & chips edges Back of DJ. The front BLUE CLOTH cover presents wel with titles on spine cvr, but the bottom inch of the spine is secured by tape, and the back cover of the DJ has paper loss and considerable staining. The good news? On a collector's shelf, the spine or the cover will face out beautifully, especially in a glossy protector ,Dick & Amy Greenwood planned to Set Off in Midwinter to Homestead in Alaska, How could their Primitive Homemade Trailer & Little Jeep Possibly carry the Greenwoods & Their 3 Small boys UP THE HAZARDOUS ALCAN HIGHWAY TO ANCHORAGE ? They were risking their Future on New Frontier. Alaska or Bust Across the Back of His Trailer, HE KNEW ABOUT THE ROADS THEY WERE TO TRAVEL, Treacherous Mud, & Tororrential Floods. & Blinding Blizzards. The Abandoned Trucks, Trailers & Cars Dotted the Roadside., Many had Failed to Reach Alaska .Amy was the Only Woman For 100 s of Miles, she Cooked by Roadside on Her Primitive Oil Stove. Washed Diapers in Frozen Streams , THEY settled at the metropolis of the North, Wasilla.

Seller Inventory # 29676

Bibliographic Details

• Title: ROLLING NORTH, AN AMERICAN FAMILY PIONEERS UP ALCAN HIGHWAY to Anchorage, Alaska in 1950. IN DUSTJACKET, BY AMY GREENWOOD ,VINTAGE TRAILER PARK BOOK, Friends & Family on Philadelphia s MAIN LINE were Aghast To Hear that Dick & Amy Greenwood planned
• Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. NY
• Publication Date: 1955
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good