Whitney's High Sierra

Farquhar, Francis P., With a Preface By Russel H. Chittenden: Up and Down California in 1860-1864, The Journal of William H. Brewer, Professor of Agriculture in the Sheffield Scientific School from 1864 to 1903, CA University of California Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles 1930 ; fester Einband / hard cover; Schutzumschlag / dust cover
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Later Printing, Tight/Bright copy, green cloth bindings, gilt spinal titles, shelf worn corners, a blank white sticker is affixed to the first front freepage. William Henry Brewer, who served as Josiah D. Whitney's principal assistant and field leader of the California Geological Survey in the early 1860s, wrote a series of journal style letters that form one of the best travel accounts describing the totality of California. Brewer wrote these letters to his brother in order to provide himself with a permanent record for later reference. Assembled and edited by historian and bibliographer of the High Sierra, Francis P. Farquhar, Brewer's detailed letters cover his Steamer travel to the Golden Stare, geography, culturs, customs, commerce, agriculture, climate, natural resources, and settlements from Los Angeles, Inland Southern California, Valley Mountain Ranges, San Francisco, San Francisco to Crecent City and provide an excellent narrative to his travels and observations. With miners, mines, mines of the Comstock Lode, flora, fauna, waterways, ranching, and more. Illustrated in b&w.. 583 pages. Second Edition No Dust Jacket Hard Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Second Edition

[SW: California, Heritage, Travel, Field Studies, Journey, Expedition, Los Angeles, Southern California, Central Valley, Northern California, Commerce, Geography, Mining, San Fernando Valley, Santa Barbara, Monterey, Settlement, Sociology, Agriculture, History, Observations, Commentary, Ranches, Mountains, Valleys, San Francisco, Flora, Fauna, Narratives, Napa Valley, Sacramento River, Mount Shasta, Customs, Tehachapi, Yosemite, Mono Lake, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Native American Tribal Life, Chinese Miners ,]

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Clarence King: Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada (High Sierra Classics Series) ISBN: 0939666863
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Paperback New Clarence King (born 1842) of Rhode Island rode horseback across the continent in 1863. In California, he was hired to work on Whitney's geological survey of the state, beginning the adventures...

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