[10], 87 pp. Illustrated with unpaginated plates from photographic portraits; frontispiece portrait of Cornwall from painting with thick tissue-guard. 8½x5½, ½ calf, marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, t.e.g. First Edition.

A biography of an overland pioneer by his son. Mintz writes "Cornwall, in the company of his brother and Tom Fallon, the well known trapper and scout, left St. Joseph in April of 1848 overland for California. After enduring many severe hardships he arrived in Sacramento, where he later made his fortune. Cornwall served as president of the Society of California Pioneers" - Mintz 107; Cowan p.143; Graff 880; Howes C780.