Death Valley in '49 /

William Lewis Manly recounts his treacherous journey with John Rogers out of Death Valley to get help for the rest of their group, including women and children, after they were stranded while attempting a shortcut to California's goldfields

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Manly, William Lewis, 1820-, Manly, William Lewis, 1820-1903, Manly, William Lewis, b. 1820
Other Authors: Johnson, Jean, 1937-, Johnson, LeRoy, 1937-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Clara, CA : Santa Clara University, 2001
Santa Clara, Calif. : Berkeley : Santa Clara University ; Heyday Books, c2001
Santa Clara, Calif. : Berkeley, Calif. : Santa Clara University ; Hetday Books, [2001], ©2001
Santa Clara, Calif. : Berkeley, Calif. : c2001
Series:A California legacy book
California legacy book
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Early Life in Vermont
  • The Western Fever
  • At Detroit and Westward
  • The Lost Filley Boy
  • Rather Catch Chipmunks in the Rocky Mountains than Live in Michigan
  • Hunting and Trapping in the Woods
  • Nothing will Cure it but California
  • Floating Down the River
  • Off in Fine Style
  • A Long, Narrow Valley
  • Struggling Along
  • Dr McMahon's Story
  • Story of the Jayhawkers
  • Alexander Erkson's Statement and the Experience of Edward Coker
  • The Author Again Takes up the History
  • Off to the Mines Again
  • The Pioneers, Their Character and Influence
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index