Author: William Redmond Ryan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9 ; with the Author's Experience in the Mines... By William Redmond Ryan...
Author: William Redmond Ryan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California, in 1848-9
Author: William Redmond Ryan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
An Englishman, William Redmond Ryan (1791-1855) enlisted in an American regiment bound for California and sailed round the Horn in 1847. Personal adventures in Upper and Lower California (1850), vol. 1, describes that voyage to California as well as military life during the Mexican War in Monterey, La Paz, and San Jose (lower California). The first volume closes with Ryan's description of the peacetime rush to the gold mines and his own journey from Monterey to the San Joaquin Valley to the Stanislaus Mine. Vol. 2, continues his story with a chronicle of daily life at the Stanislaus Mine; his career as a trader; travels through Stockton, Monterey, and Sacramento; life in San Francisco, 1849; the Constitutional Convention; and return voyage via Panama, 1849.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
An Englishman, William Redmond Ryan (1791-1855) enlisted in an American regiment bound for California and sailed round the Horn in 1847. Personal adventures in Upper and Lower California (1850), vol. 1, describes that voyage to California as well as military life during the Mexican War in Monterey, La Paz, and San Jose (lower California). The first volume closes with Ryan's description of the peacetime rush to the gold mines and his own journey from Monterey to the San Joaquin Valley to the Stanislaus Mine. Vol. 2, continues his story with a chronicle of daily life at the Stanislaus Mine; his career as a trader; travels through Stockton, Monterey, and Sacramento; life in San Francisco, 1849; the Constitutional Convention; and return voyage via Panama, 1849.
Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California, in 1848-9
Author: William Redmond Ryan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
The illustrations "furnish the reader with some of the best contemporary views of mining, cities, pueblos, and daily life in California"--Gary Kurutz quoted in bookdealer's description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
The illustrations "furnish the reader with some of the best contemporary views of mining, cities, pueblos, and daily life in California"--Gary Kurutz quoted in bookdealer's description
Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California, in 1848-9
Author: William Redmond Ryan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
Travellers and Explorers from 1846 to 1900 ...
Author: Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California, in 1848-9, Vol. 2 of 2
Author: William Redmond Ryan
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331920505
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Excerpt from Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California, in 1848-9, Vol. 2 of 2: With the Author's Experience at the Mines; Illustrated by Twenty-Three Drawings, Taken on the Spot In crossing the ravine, I was obliged to leap from one mound Of earth to another, to avoid plunging ancle-deep in mud and water. It was wholly deserted in this part, though formerly so much frequented; and, with the exception Of a few traders, who, having taken up their station here when times were good, had not yet made arrangements for removing to a more productive place, not a soul was to be seen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331920505
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Excerpt from Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California, in 1848-9, Vol. 2 of 2: With the Author's Experience at the Mines; Illustrated by Twenty-Three Drawings, Taken on the Spot In crossing the ravine, I was obliged to leap from one mound Of earth to another, to avoid plunging ancle-deep in mud and water. It was wholly deserted in this part, though formerly so much frequented; and, with the exception Of a few traders, who, having taken up their station here when times were good, had not yet made arrangements for removing to a more productive place, not a soul was to be seen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A Bibliography of the History of California and the Pacific West 1510-1906
Author: Robert Ernest Cowan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Books by American Travellers and Explorers from 1846 to 1900
Author: Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Joseph Sabin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
A Dictionary of Books Relating to America
Author: Joseph Sabin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description