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The Third Oregon Infantry on the Mexican Border, Mobilized Under the President's Call on June 18, 1916
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5" x 7", 36 pp., with two folding panoramic plates (credited to O.A. Tunnell) and numerous other illustrations from photographs, in original stapled wrappers. Near fine, with minor handling wear. Includes full rosters and many illustrations showing the enlisted men, officers, and activities (drills, machine gun practice, camp scenes, etc.) of the Third Oregon Infantry. This National Guard unit was deployed on the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas from June to September 1916 as part of a larger mobilization ordered by President Woodrow Wilson in response to raids into U.S. territory by Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.
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Curtis, WA, 98538
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All items guaranteed as described and returnable. Shipping is additional and will be via USPS (media mail for books unless otherwise instructed, first class or priority for ephemera, photographs, and manuscripts).
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Please e-mail ([email protected]) or call (360-880-3160) with questions or to place an order. Walkabout Books is an online antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We buy and sell books, ephemera, manuscripts, and archives, with specialties in Americana (broadly defined) and the literature of travel and adventure -- including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We are members of the ABAA/ILAB, IOBA, and Ephemera Society and offer IRS-qualified appraisal services.