| Across the Continent: A Journey to the Rocky Mountains, Mormons and the Pacific States Contributor(s): Bowles, Samuel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1163319643 ISBN-13: 9781163319642 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $38.84 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2010 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Physical Information: 1.19" H x 9.02" W x 6" (1.92 lbs) 482 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 1865. Bowles, the Editor of the Springfield (Mass.) Republican recounts his travels as a journalist with Colfax across the Continental U.S. in a series of letters and supplementary papers. Partial Contents: From Massachusetts to the Missouri; From the Missouri to the Platte; Through the Plains to the Rocky Mountains; The Rocky Mountains and Their Gold Mines; Of Persons, Not Things; Mormon Materialities; The Polygamy Question; The Silver Mines of Nevada; The Yosemite Valley and the Big Trees; Mining in California: Its Varieties, Results and Prospects; and The Voyage Home by Steamship and the Isthmus. |