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Trans-Siberian Express
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Leander A. Preston diary of a journey from Strawberry Point, Iowa to Yuba City, California
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Leander Preston describes his journey across the western United States. Along the way, Preston and his family met seceding Mormons and hired a small group of Indians to keep an eye on their cattle. Incomplete. Typescript from original. With introductory biographical typed note signed "Chas. A. Carner."
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Avalanche no. 1
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Publisher: Undermine Press (Berkeley, Calif.) Related Content: "a conversation on morality, eternity and copulation" ; "for the girl standing outside my window" ; "a kind of lecture on a dull day when there isn't even a fly around to kill" (poems) Note: Bukowski section titled "written under the whore bell of the moon (some poems"; "NID ; NIF ; (1966)" written in ms. in upper right corner of cover p. [1]. Laid in: typescript letter dated August 24, 1966, addressed to east coast booksellers and seeking buyers for this periodical, signed and with a p.s. by Richard Krech, on verso is a printed flier for the magazine. Related Content Author: Charles Bukowski
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