edwin bryant thomas clark (3 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 476 pages. cover worn, First published in 1848, What I Saw in California has long been recognized as the foremost trail guide for the Forty-niners. Almost overnight, Edwin Bryant b ecame their authority on how to survive the grueling passage from Independence,

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. Wrappers. xvi, 787-1023pp. Tear in gutter of preliminary page, scattered foxing on pages, spine age-toned and creased, about very good. Featuring "Uncle Remus and the Ubiquitous Rabbit" by Louis D. Rubin, Jr.; "An Interview with William Styron" by Ben Forkner and Gilbert Schricke. Poetry by Wendell Berry entitled *Song*; *The Cold Pane*; *Goods*; *A Dance*; and *A Purification*. Contributions by Louis D. Rubin, Jr., William Bedford Clark, William C. Havard, William F. Steirer, Jr., Jerry H. Bryant, Speer Morgan, Richard P. Adams, Andre Malraux, Max Webb, Edwin Mims, Donald Davidson, Ben Forkner, Gilbert Schricke, Wendell Berry, Thomas H. Landess, Pinkie, Gordon Lane, Kathryn Stripling, Frank Manley, Van K. Brock, Claude Koch, Larry Rubin, Michael Cass, Louis Dollarhide, and Ingrid Smith.

Zustand: New. Portrays births, weddings, and deaths on the trail and the strategies of men and women desperately trying to survive in the adventure of their lives. This book includes an account of the Donner tragedy and of the kaleidoscopic life in California immediately.