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Overland Journey from New York to San Francisco in the Summer Of 1859 : From New York to San Francisco in the Summer of 1859 by Horace Greeley (1999, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press
ISBN-100803270798
ISBN-139780803270794
eBay Product ID (ePID)1037685
Product Key Features
Book TitleOverland Journey from New York to San Francisco in the Summer Of 1859 : From New York to San Francisco in the Summer of 1859
Number of Pages380 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1999
TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), General
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorHorace Greeley
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight0 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-011171
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingAn
Dewey Decimal978/.02/092
SynopsisIn the spring of 1859 Horace Greeley, celebrated editor of the New-York Tribune , set off to explore the projected central route for a great transcontinental railroad line connecting the Mississippi Valley and the West Coast. Greeley traveled to California, primarily by stagecoach, and sent back a series of letters describing the scenery and human endeavor he encountered. He dismissed the plains as a region of "sterility and thirst." Of the new gold fields near Denver he predicted that they were only a modest representation of the rich veins that ran throughout the Rockies. He understood too that it would be those who mined the miners, rather than those who dug for gold, who would reap financial rewards. An inveterate reporter, Greeley commented on everything he saw, from prairie dogs to Mormons to the scenic wonders of the Yosemite valley. He was tireless in recounting economic possibilities for farmers, miners, ranchers, and merchants, ultimately concluding that much of the West was a vast, untapped resource waiting for courageous pioneers and innovative settlers.
LC Classification NumberF593.G79 1999
