Add to ORKG"The publication in book form of Lorenzo Sawyer's Way Sketches is a welcome addition to the literature of the West. The position and importance of this narrative is indicated by the following annotation drawn from Mr. H.R. Wagner's The Plains and the Rockies, page 96: "...[The sketches] form one of the most readable of all the overland narratives of gold rush days that I have read.' The journal covers a trip from St. Joseph, Missouri, to California, dating from May 6 to July 20, 1850.
Englishman William Redmond Kelly (1791-1855) visited California in 1849 and 1850, and his account of...
"In Oregon Sketches Wallace Smith gives glimpses of the new and glorified West, a West that is a rev...
"It will be enjoyed by all who love tales of adventure such as were rife during those exciting days ...
"This attractively bound volume contains the diary of John Steele who in the company of other advent...
Among the hundreds captivated by the vision of quick riches in the gold fields of California was Eli...
Twelve sketches populate this pleasant little volume about overland travel between central Missouri ...
"The Road to Oregon is by far the most comprehensive and authentic work yet published on the subject...
"Soon after his death, in 1927, it was found that General Frank M. Canton had left among his private...
"The author of this book came from London to San Francisco in the year 1907… Never having lived in t...
"…in 1807 he crossed the mountains to the headwaters of the Columbia river and began vigorous work f...
"No doubt this work is highly prized in its home locality [Nebraska], and in future years will there...
"This quaint narrative is full of human interest and throws many interesting side lights on travel o...
"The latest addition to the Lakeside Classics will be appreciated for its readability and for its co...
This volume presents a study of overland travel across the Great Plains of the United States prior t...
"[The book] occupies a position somewhat out of the usual plane, between the historical romance and ...
Englishman William Redmond Kelly (1791-1855) visited California in 1849 and 1850, and his account of...
"In Oregon Sketches Wallace Smith gives glimpses of the new and glorified West, a West that is a rev...
"It will be enjoyed by all who love tales of adventure such as were rife during those exciting days ...
"This attractively bound volume contains the diary of John Steele who in the company of other advent...
Among the hundreds captivated by the vision of quick riches in the gold fields of California was Eli...
Twelve sketches populate this pleasant little volume about overland travel between central Missouri ...
"The Road to Oregon is by far the most comprehensive and authentic work yet published on the subject...
"Soon after his death, in 1927, it was found that General Frank M. Canton had left among his private...
"The author of this book came from London to San Francisco in the year 1907… Never having lived in t...
"…in 1807 he crossed the mountains to the headwaters of the Columbia river and began vigorous work f...
"No doubt this work is highly prized in its home locality [Nebraska], and in future years will there...
"This quaint narrative is full of human interest and throws many interesting side lights on travel o...
"The latest addition to the Lakeside Classics will be appreciated for its readability and for its co...
This volume presents a study of overland travel across the Great Plains of the United States prior t...
"[The book] occupies a position somewhat out of the usual plane, between the historical romance and ...
Englishman William Redmond Kelly (1791-1855) visited California in 1849 and 1850, and his account of...
"In Oregon Sketches Wallace Smith gives glimpses of the new and glorified West, a West that is a rev...
"It will be enjoyed by all who love tales of adventure such as were rife during those exciting days ...