C. L. Sonnichsen's Pass of the North is the history of El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, the twin cities at the river crossing the Spaniards called El Paso del Norte. The title page marks it Volume I, 1529 to 1917, and the jacket explains that the chronicle ends in 1917, when the old days and ways were about over. The copyright page credits S. D. Myres as editor and José Cisneros for the map and chapter initials, and Cisneros's full-page map of the route through Paso del Norte is adapted from Nicolás de Lafora's eighteenth-century map.
This copy is the fourth printing of 1980. Its jacket biography already mentions Sonnichsen's 1972 retirement and his move to Tucson to take charge of the Arizona Historical Society's publishing program, so this jacket text is later than the 1968 first printing.
Fourth printing, 1980
The copyright page reads 'Copyright 1968 by C. L. Sonnichsen' and 'Fourth Printing 1980', above Carl Hertzog's HC monogram. The monogram stayed on this later printing, so the printing line is what dates the copy. This is a Texas Western Press book; see how Texas Western Press states its first printings.
| Author | C. L. Sonnichsen |
| Publisher | Texas Western Press |
| Year | 1980 (fourth printing; first published 1968) |
| Edition | Fourth printing, 1980 |
| Condition | Cloth hardcover in dust jacket; a 1980 gift inscription on the half-title. |
| Topic | El Paso and Rio Grande borderlands history |
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