The Overland Journey of Joseph Francl: The first Bohemian to cross the plains to the California gold fields
William P. Wreden, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 55 pages. Introduction by Richard Brautigan. Illustrations by Patricia Oberhaus. Typographic design by Jack Werner Stauffacher, the Greenwood Press, San Francisco. Francl, a native of Bohemia, in the Czech republic, was an early pioneer in the American west (he is credited - online.....