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Life on the Plains and Among the Diggings: An Overland Journey to California (1849)

By Alonzo Delano
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By Alonzo Delano
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Abridged and annotated.

Two kinds of illness set Alonzo Delano on the path to California in 1849: a bodily sickness that his doctor said would improve in the West...and GOLD FEVER.

In one of the most fascinating pioneer accounts of the "mistakes and sufferings of the emigrants" as well as interactions with Native Americans, Delano left a highly detailed, fast-paced account of his trip across the plains and his time as a prospector.

Unlike many of his contemporaries, Delano evinces a sympathy f...

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