What I Saw In California Being The Journal Of A Tour By The Emigrant Route And South Pass Of The Rocky Mountains, Across The Continent Of North America, The Great Desert Basin, And Through California In The Years 1846-1847
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Sprache:Englisch
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
06.04.2021
Verlag
Alpha EditionsSeitenzahl
484
Maße (L/B/H)
22,9/15,2/2,8 cm
Gewicht
779 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-93-5450-813-4
Before California became a promise of gold, it was a hard-won horizon. Edwin Bryant records the continent at walking pace, in an overland trail journal kept on the California emigrant route. Dust, hunger, argument, awe, resolve. In this 1846 1847 journey, wagons edge towards the South Pass crossing of the Rocky Mountains, then into a Great Basin desert trek where maps blur and judgement matters. Bryant writes with a reporter's eye, capturing camp routines, landscapes, and the uneasy optimism that fuelled manifest destiny narratives. Read as an unabridged travel memoir of migration and encounter, it belongs beside the best Oregon Trail diaries yet stands apart for its clear view of pre gold rush California on the eve of transformation. First published soon after his return, Bryant's record became a key witness to westward expansion, linking personal endurance with the politics of settlement in urgent prose. Bryant observes towns, labour, governance, and the daily negotiations between newcomers and the land they intend to claim, making the book a touchstone for American West history. For family historians, it is rich in place-names, routes, and the texture of ordinary travel, supporting genealogy pioneer research without romantic varnish. Whether enjoyed on its own or alongside an annotated historical edition for extra context, this journal remains vivid, grounded, and fiercely human. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.
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