WHAT I SAW IN CALIFORNIA: BEING THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR, BY THE EMIGRANT ROUTE AND SOUTH PASS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, ACROSS THE CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA, THE GREAT DESERT BASIN, AND THROUGH CALIFORNIA, IN THE YEARS 1846, 1847.
Bryant, Edwin:
New York. 1848. 455pp. Original blindstamped cloth. Titlepage lightly foxed. Couple small tears to outer hinges, front joint tender but holding. Slightly cocked. Withal, a good plus copy. Second edition, published same year as the first. Readers have called Bryant's narrative "one of the most detailed and reliable of all overland journals" (Camp) and "one of the classics of California" (Becker). Bryant went overland to California in 1846 and witnessed the dramatic events of 1846-47 during the American seizure of California, where he was appointed ALCALDE of San Francisco by Gen. Kearny in February 1847. WAGNER-CAMP 146:2. KURUTZ 95b. COWAN, p.81. SABIN 8804. MINTZ 65. HOWES B903. PILLING 508. ZAMORANO 80, 12. RITTENHOUSE 82. MATTES 165.
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