Nauvoo Guide: American Guide Series

  • Hardcover
  • Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1939
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Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1939. Hardcover. 49pp. Octavo. Rebound in black buckram with new endsheets and pastedowns added. Original wrapper covers present. Near fine. Name in ink on new front free endsheet. Illustrated with photographs. Traces the founding of Nauvoo by the Mormons, which at the time of the exodus was a bustling city of over 20,000 people. (In contrast to Chicago 5,000 and Sprigfield 2,000). One of the scarcer WPA guides.

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