Scharmann's Overland Journey to California from the Pages of a Pioneer's Diary
by Scharmann, Hermann B
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Scharmann describes their arduous overland journey in detail, including stops at forts Kearny and Laramie and encounters with Indians. Their journey turned into a nightmare when they took the Lassen cutoff, "a grisly detour of exhaustion and despair. Many others took this same false cutoff and suffered misfortune. None equal Scharmann's tale of woe, which he concludes by saying 'California is a land of vice and gruesomeness'" (Mattes). Dissatisfied with his experiences in California, Scharmann left in late October 1850 and returned to New York with his two surviving children. Wagner-Camp 217b (note); Howes149; Miintz 406; Graff 3693; Cowan p.571; Kurutz 559b. Wheat Gold Rush177; Eberstadt, Modern Overlands 425; Flake 7554a. Provenance: Everett D. Graff (booklabel on front pastedopwn)
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- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 320416
- Title
- Scharmann's Overland Journey to California from the Pages of a Pioneer's Diary
- Author
- Scharmann, Hermann B
- Format/Binding
- Frontispiece portrait. 114pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Publisher's blue-green cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English language edition, translated from the German editi
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1918
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- California | Gold Rush
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- Americana;
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