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Lädt ... Echoes of the pastvon John Bidwell
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This is two memoirs in one volume. The first by Gen. John Bidwell occurs slightly earlier detailing his overland journey from Missouri to California and gold exploration during the early days pre-rush. He became quite wealthy, with extensive land holdings and a long career in politics. The second memoir by Rev. John Steele starts as a very young man of about nineteen arriving in the gold fields to try and get rich. He goes into the details of how the gold mining process worked, but he was also a keen observer of his fellow man and sensitive to the plight of those around him. He speaks of the rough and cheap life of those earlier Californians with many eyewitness stories of the toll alcohol took on the native Americans, the extreme violence and lawlessness that pervaded the area and the hardships faced by all. These kind of details never turn up in the movies. It's a very worthwhile look at the early west particularly for those interested in California. ( ) keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)917.94History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography of and travel in North America West Coast U.S. CaliforniaKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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