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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Perkins, Elisha Douglass, 1823-1852
Other Authors: Clark, Thomas Dionysius, 1903-2005 (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, University of Kentucky Press, 1967.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Introduction; May 9-June 14, 1849; June 15-July 1, 1849; July 2-July 22, 1849; July 23-August 8, 1849; August 9-August 19, 1849; August 20-September 14, 1849; September 15-September 27, 1849; September 28, 1849-February 28, 1850; Appendix; Bibhography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

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