A Quaker Forty-niner : : The Adventures of Charles Edward Pancoast on the American Frontier / / Charles Edward Pancoast; Anna Paschall Hannum.
A dramatic, first-hand account of the pioneering life in the West--steamboating on the Missouri and the gold rush to California.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub) |
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Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016] ©1930 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Edition: | Reprint 2016 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (430 p.) :; 14 illus. |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- I. New Jersey Boyhood -- II. Apprenticeship in Philadelphia -- III. Go West, Young Man -- IV. A Meeting with Lincoln -- V. Lexington: A Visit Home -- VI. Crowded Out of Lexington -- VII. A Tough Frontier Town -- VIII. Ostracism and Murder -- IX. Steamboating on the Osage -- X. Merchants, Soldiers, Gamblers -- XI. Boat and Fortune Wrecked -- XII. Gold Fever -- XIII. Across the Plains -- XIV. Pueblo to Santa Fe -- XV. In New Mexico -- XVI. Over the Continental Divide -- XVII.The American Desert -- XVIII. California and Gold -- XIX. Prospecting and Digging -- XX. A Northward Journey -- XXI. On the Trinity River -- XXII. The Rancho of the Angels -- XXIII. The Great Flood -- XXIV. Sacramento and San Francisco -- XXV. End of the Odyssey -- Conclusion -- Index |
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Summary: | A dramatic, first-hand account of the pioneering life in the West--steamboating on the Missouri and the gold rush to California. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781512805420 9783110442526 |
DOI: | 10.9783/9781512805420 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Charles Edward Pancoast; Anna Paschall Hannum. |