Author: Lavinia Honeyman Porter
Publisher:
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Category : Overland journeys to the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Crossing the Plains and Early Days in California
Author: Mary E. Ackley
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Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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By Ox Team to California
Author: Lavinia Honeyman Porter
Publisher:
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Category : Overland journeys to the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Overland journeys to the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Across the Plains
Author: Sarah Royce
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816527261
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
On April 30, 1849, Sarah Bayliss Royce, along with her husband, Josiah, and their daughter, Mary, left her home in Tipton, Iowa, and headed for California in a covered wagon. Along the way, she kept a diary which, nearly thirty years later, served as the basis for a memoir she titled Across the Plains. That book has been freshly transcribed by Jennifer Dawes Adkison from RoyceÕs original handwritten document, and this new edition is faithful to the original, restoring several passages that were omitted from the previous edition. In a new introduction Adkison reveals Across the Plains to be far more than a simple narrative of one pioneer womanÕs journey west. She explains that Royce wrote the book at the request of her son, Josiah Royce, a well-known professor of philosophy at Harvard University with motives of his own. She crafted the narrative that her son wanted: an argument for spiritual faith and fortitude as foundational to CaliforniaÕs history. Yet the narrative itself, in addition to offering a window into a world that has long lacked close documentation, gives us the opportunity to study the ways in which nineteenth-century western women asserted this primacy of faith and crafted their experience into stories with larger cultural and social resonance. Scholars have long used Across the Plains to mold and support an iconic image of the resolute pioneer woman. However, until now no one has considered RoyceÕs own self-conscious creation of this persona. Readers will discover that in many ways, Sarah RoyceÕs careful construction of this cultural portrait deepens our respect for her and our delight in her travels, travails, and triumphs.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816527261
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
On April 30, 1849, Sarah Bayliss Royce, along with her husband, Josiah, and their daughter, Mary, left her home in Tipton, Iowa, and headed for California in a covered wagon. Along the way, she kept a diary which, nearly thirty years later, served as the basis for a memoir she titled Across the Plains. That book has been freshly transcribed by Jennifer Dawes Adkison from RoyceÕs original handwritten document, and this new edition is faithful to the original, restoring several passages that were omitted from the previous edition. In a new introduction Adkison reveals Across the Plains to be far more than a simple narrative of one pioneer womanÕs journey west. She explains that Royce wrote the book at the request of her son, Josiah Royce, a well-known professor of philosophy at Harvard University with motives of his own. She crafted the narrative that her son wanted: an argument for spiritual faith and fortitude as foundational to CaliforniaÕs history. Yet the narrative itself, in addition to offering a window into a world that has long lacked close documentation, gives us the opportunity to study the ways in which nineteenth-century western women asserted this primacy of faith and crafted their experience into stories with larger cultural and social resonance. Scholars have long used Across the Plains to mold and support an iconic image of the resolute pioneer woman. However, until now no one has considered RoyceÕs own self-conscious creation of this persona. Readers will discover that in many ways, Sarah RoyceÕs careful construction of this cultural portrait deepens our respect for her and our delight in her travels, travails, and triumphs.
Westering Women and the Frontier Experience, 1800-1915
Author: Sandra L. Myres
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826306265
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Contains letters, journals, and reminiscences showing the impact of the frontier on women's lives and the role of women in the West.
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826306265
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Contains letters, journals, and reminiscences showing the impact of the frontier on women's lives and the role of women in the West.
Growing Up with the Country
Author: Elliott West
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826311559
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This illustrated study shows how frontier life shaped children's character.
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826311559
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This illustrated study shows how frontier life shaped children's character.
Pioneer Days in California: (Abridged, Annotated)
Author: John Carr
Publisher: BIG BYTE BOOKS
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
When John Carr published this book in 1891, he had already been a Californian for over forty years. His true tales of gold prospecting, gun fights, encounters with Indians, rough characters of the West, and politicos are amusing and highly entertaining. He knew many of the early big players in the state and provides an interesting view of the west during the American Civil War. Among his other employments, he sat as a police judge in Eureka, California and spent time in Tombstone, Arizona, during its wild west period. At the end of the book he provides short biographies of notables he knew. Every memoir of the American West provides us with another view of the movement that changed the country forever. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
Publisher: BIG BYTE BOOKS
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
When John Carr published this book in 1891, he had already been a Californian for over forty years. His true tales of gold prospecting, gun fights, encounters with Indians, rough characters of the West, and politicos are amusing and highly entertaining. He knew many of the early big players in the state and provides an interesting view of the west during the American Civil War. Among his other employments, he sat as a police judge in Eureka, California and spent time in Tombstone, Arizona, during its wild west period. At the end of the book he provides short biographies of notables he knew. Every memoir of the American West provides us with another view of the movement that changed the country forever. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
The Opening of the California Trail
Author: George R. Stewart
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520349245
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1953.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520349245
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1953.
From the Last to the First
Author: August Wilhelm Wern
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches
Author: Stephen Johnson Field
Publisher:
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
A History of the New California
Author: Leigh Hadley Irvine
Publisher:
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
Brief biographies of prominent and influential people in California in the late 19th and early 20th century. With many portraits.
Publisher:
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
Brief biographies of prominent and influential people in California in the late 19th and early 20th century. With many portraits.