| Gold Rush Diary: Being the Journal of Elisha Douglas Perkins on the Overland Trail in the Spring and Summer of 1849 Contributor(s): Clark, Thomas D. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0813156025 ISBN-13: 9780813156026 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - Literary Collections | Diaries & Journals - Travel | Essays & Travelogues |
| Dewey: 978.02 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.5" W x 11" (1.24 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Extensive notes supplement the text, associating it with numerous other published and unpublished accounts, while an appendix of reports and letters from the Marietta newspaper reveals the involvement of those at home with the Gold Rush. An annotated map shows Perkins' progress along the Overland Trail. |