from the rear cover, ""Young America was restless 1848 began its course. On frontier farms lately wrested from the wilderness on acres long since made fruitful in the older States-young men were rebelling against the changeless routine of sowing and harvest."" DD5. black cloth, gold pan with gilt nuggets, gilt lettering on spine, DJ wrapped in mylar, not price clipped, signed by author on half title page, Charles Scribner's Sons copyright page ""A"", 239 pages, 352 first hand pictures