The cruise of the U.S. steamer "Rush" in Behring Sea : summer of 1889 / by Isabel S. Shepard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shepard, Isabel S. (Isabel Sharpe), 1861- author.

Contributor:

Bancroft Company (San Francisco, Calif.), publisher.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Benjamin Rush (Ship).

Aleutian Islands (Alaska)--Description and travel.

Aleutian Islands (Alaska).

Travel.

Alaska--Aleutian Islands.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Smith, Walter M. (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[2], vii, [1], 9-257, [1] pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations, folded map ; 19 cm

Other Title:

Cruise of the Rush 1889

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : The Bancroft Company, 1889.

Summary:

Trip to the Aleutian Islands, 1889.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2021 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy has autograph ("Walter M. Smith") in pencil on blank leaf preceding half-title leaf.

Schimmel Collection copy accompanied by passport of Isabel S. Shepard (issued 1931), formerly housed in envelope (stationery of the U.S. Department of State, Passport Division, with manuscript inscription: Isabel Sharpe Shepard).

Cited in:

Smith, C.W. Pacific Northwest (3rd ed.), 9408

Schimmel, C.F. OK, I'll do it myself (2nd ed., revised), 83

OCLC:

39246448