Beyond the Mississippi
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Beyond the Mississippi
From the Great River to the Great Ocean : Life and Adventure on the Prairies, Mountains, and Pacific Coast, 1857-1867 : with More Than Two Hundred Illustrations, from Photographs and Original Sketches, of the Prairies, Deserts, Mountains, Rivers, Mines, Cities, Indians, Trappers, Pioneers, and Great Natural Curiosities of the New States and Territories
Description
As introduced by the author: "I have sought to picture a fleeting phase of our national life; not omitting its grotesque, lawless features; not concealing my admiration for the adventurous pioneers who have founded great States from the Mississippi to the Pacific, and made a new geography for the American Union."
Book Details
- Publisher:
- American Publishing Company
- Published:
- 1867
- Pages:
- 572
- Language:
- EN
- ISBN:
- Unknown