Gold Rush Diary : Being the Journal of Elisha Douglas Perkins on the Overland Trail in the Spring and Summer of 1849 /

Among the hundreds captivated by the vision of quick riches in the gold fields of California was Elisha Douglass Perkins, a tall handsome youth from Marietta, Ohio, who has here left a remarkable first-hand account of the great trek westward in 1849. Perkins' diary is an unusually full and inti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Perkins, Elisha Douglass, 1823-1852
Otros Autores: Clark, Thomas Dionysius, 1903-2005 (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, University of Kentucky Press, 1967.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Perkins, Elisha Douglass, > 1823-1852.
Perkins, Elisha Douglass, > 1823-1852 > Diaries.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Gold mines and mining.
Frontier and pioneer life.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique.
Frontier and pioneer life > California.
California.
Californie > Decouvertes d'or.
California > Gold discoveries.
Diaries.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Among the hundreds captivated by the vision of quick riches in the gold fields of California was Elisha Douglass Perkins, a tall handsome youth from Marietta, Ohio, who has here left a remarkable first-hand account of the great trek westward in 1849. Perkins' diary is an unusually full and intimate record of crossing the plains and mountains of the Great West. Extensive notes supplement the text, associating it with numerous other published and unpublished accounts, while an appendix of reports and letters from the Marietta newspaper reveals the involvement of those at home with the Gold Rush.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (232 pages): illustrations, maps, portraits
ISBN:9780813165271

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