Bigler's Chronicle of the West : The Conquest of California, Discovery of Gold, and Mormon Settlement as Reflected in Henry William Bigler's Diaries / Erwin G. Gudde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gudde, Erwin G., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2019

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1962]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1962.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

I. ANCESTRY AND YOUTH: 1815-1846

II. THE MARCH TO THE GILA RIVER: 1846

III. ACROSS CALIFORNIA TO SAN DIEGO: 1846-1847

IV. THE VANISHING DAYS OF MEXICAN RULE: 1847

V. FROM LOS ANGELES TO DONNER LAKE: 1847

VI. THE RETURN TO SUTTER'S FORT: 1847-1848

VII. THE FATEFUL TWENTY-FOURTH OF JANUARY: 1848

VIII. THE FIRST PROSPECTOR: 1848

IX. ACROSS THE SIERRA AND ALONG THE HUMBOLDT: 1848

X. THE END OF THE TREK: 1848

XI. BIGLER'S LATER YEARS: 1848-1900

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780520315372

0520315375

OCLC:

1149494271