Up and Down California in 1860–1864: The Journal of William H. Brewer - Softcover

Brewer, William H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520027620 ISBN 13: 9780520027626

Publisher: University of California Press, 1975

Synopsis

In 1860 William Brewer, a young Yale-educated teacher of the natural sciences and a recent widower, eagerly accepted an offer from Josiah Whitney to assist in the first geological survey of the state of California. Brewer was not a geologist, but his training in agriculture and botany made him an invaluable member of the team. He traveled more than fourteen thousand miles in the four years he spent in California and spent much of his leisure time writing lively, detailed letters to his brother back East.
These warmly affectionate letters, presented here in their entirety, describe the new state in all its spectacular beauty and paint a vivid picture of California in the mid-nineteenth century. This fourth edition includes a new foreword by William Bright (1500 California Place Names) and a set of maps tracing Brewer's route.

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Review

"The Journal seems to contain information for everyone regardless of one's interest. . . . A valuable source to all students of California or United States history and to the casual reader as well." -- Journal of the West

Edition details

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520027620
• ISBN 13: 9780520027626
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 624
• Editor: Farquhar Francis P.