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Reconnaissance in Sonora Charles D. Poston’s 1854 Exploration of Mexico and the Gadsden Purchase / C. Gilbert Storms.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Storms, C. Gilbert, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Gadsden Purchase.
Arizona--Description and travel.
Arizona.
Sonora (Mexico : State)--Description and travel.
Sonora (Mexico : State).
Poston, Charles D. (Charles Debrille), 1825-1902--Travel--Arizona.
Poston, Charles D. (Charles Debrille), 1825-1902--Travel--Mexico--Sonora (State).
Genre:
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (206 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Manufacture:
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015
Place of Publication:
Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2015].
Language Note:
English
Summary:
"Reconnaissance in Sonora is based on Charles D. Poston's handwritten report about his 1854 journey from San Francisco to Sonora, Mexico, and his return through the Gadsden Purchase territory of southern Arizona"--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction
Starting out in Kentucky
San Francisco and the customs house
The government boarding house
Expansionist dreams and private conquests
Planning the expedition to Sonora
Navachiste and Sonora
A port on the Gulf
The sand desert
The Gila trail and Colorado City
Deals and disappointments
Stories of the Sonoran expedition
Poston's story : a postscript
Appendix. Charles D. Poston, Reconnaisance in Sonora.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-8165-0153-X
OCLC:
902702834

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