Hi! You're looking at a SUPERB and virtually FLAWLESS condition book which is a History of the Descendants of Abel Root, Sr. of Bolivar, Allegany County, New York and Related Families (including the Cook, Ennis, Holland, Hulbert, Johnson, Nichols, Nulsen, Richardson, Weatherell, and Withey families) written by WILLIAM PAQUETTE--the book is an unstated First Edition and a HARDCOVER copy with no dustjacket as issued.  This book is in SUPERB and virtually FLAWLESS condition and the book has slight dustwear on the page edges and just slight shelfwear and slight evidence of gentle browsing otherwise but NO other significant imperfections!   The book is titled The Root Family of Bolivar, New York: A History of the Descendants of Abel Root, Sr., who settled Bolivar in Allegany County, New York and it was written by WILLIAM PAQUETTE; it was published by Gateway Press, Inc. in 1991 and is an unstated 1st Edition copy.

Thomas Roote (later Root) migrated to Hartford, Connecticut in 1637 seeking economic opportunities no longer available to him and his family in England. The search for farmland for ever larger families led successive Root generations to relocate to Hebron, Connecticut (1705), Unadilla, New York (1774) and eventually to Bolivar, New York (1824). For the next two-hundred years Bolivar remained the home port for the Root family as the local economy transitioned from farming to industrialization with the oil boom of the 1880s and the 1920s. When economic opportunity in Bolivar declined, Root family members migrated to the Michigan, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and California to either continue employment in the oil industry or to launch new careers. The Root family was no different than other American families in seeking the American Dream to achieve social mobility, educational opportunities, and, increased financial security. The Root family history is typical of immigrant families who came to America starting with the settlement at Jamestown in 1607.

A fantastic find, and a beautiful copy of this book!