An Overland Journey from New York to San Francisco in the summer of 1859 Making of America Project Horace Greeley 9781117605098 Books
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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.
An Overland Journey from New York to San Francisco in the summer of 1859 Making of America Project Horace Greeley 9781117605098 Books
The writers observations of food, people, religion, travel, Indians, military, and other people and things he saw or spoke to (including Brigham Young) are interesting from a historic perspective, some parts very interesting. His use of language also shows some insight into the period including his opinions of Indians, the military, Mormons, and others. The printing itself is ANNOYING because many pages are printed twice and a non-printed page needs to be downloaded from an archive. Fortunately this text is free on-line but I've had to visit the site and print out pages at least six times.I would not buy this again because of the printing. I'd find another printing or print the whole book from an archive site.
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An Overland Journey from New York to San Francisco in the summer of 1859 Making of America Project Horace Greeley 9781117605098 Books Reviews
It was really great, I'm just kidding I haven't even read it yet, but I am going to mainly because I'm related and like to read.
There were three great books written about journeys to the American West in 1859 The best was Mark Twain's semi-fictional ROUGHING IT. The next best was Sir Richard F. Burton's THE CITY OF THE SAINTS, about a journey to see what Mormonism was all about and to meet with Brigham Young.
That Horace Greeley's book should be third in this line-up is no disgrace. There is so much self-conscious mythmaking about the Old West that eyewitness accounts of intelligent observers are as rare as hen's teeth. Before the completion of the Trans-Continental Railroad, any journey across the Great Plains was attended by danger, discomfort, and memorable encounters. It is unfortunate that there so so few good accounts.
Greeley was first and foremost a newspaper man. He had a sharp eye for what he thought would interest his readers (unlike Twain & Burton who wrote sub specie aeternitatis) and did not disappoint. His descriptions of the Indians, the rigors of the road, and the struggling communities a-borning west of the Platte make for fascinating reading.
This is one of those great books to take along on a car journey through the Rockies and Great Plains.
This was a requested gift and after some reading it she liked very much. The book was in excellent condition as stated.
Exactly what I was looking for, a very detailed account of crossing the plains and entering California in the 1850's
The writers observations of food, people, religion, travel, Indians, military, and other people and things he saw or spoke to (including Brigham Young) are interesting from a historic perspective, some parts very interesting. His use of language also shows some insight into the period including his opinions of Indians, the military, Mormons, and others. The printing itself is ANNOYING because many pages are printed twice and a non-printed page needs to be downloaded from an archive. Fortunately this text is free on-line but I've had to visit the site and print out pages at least six times.
I would not buy this again because of the printing. I'd find another printing or print the whole book from an archive site.
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