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This account of a four-person hiking trip in Yosemite National Park and extended trips into the Sierra Nevada high country in the summer of 1916, includes approximately 130 photographs and extensive manuscript descriptions, written by Dorothy Willard. The photographs follow the narrative and capture the scenery of the region and the members of the hiking party engaged in their excursions including hiking, setting up camp, fishing, and making meals.
mssHM 83498
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An account of the author's trip to Oklahoma and throughout the American West, Southwest, and Northwest at the beginning of the twentieth century written in a series of letters and short narratives from Milam to his wife Mollie and his son. Additionally, a long section is addressed to his sister and daughter. In the course of the narrative, Milam travels to Fort Sill, Lawton, and Comanche County in Indian Territory, continuing through the west by rail to Corpus Christi. After taking a train from Jacksonville Florida to Lufkin, Texas, he continues on to Oregon for the Lewis and Clark Exposition. Milam also visits and comments on Galveston, San Antonia, Saint Louis, Boise, Vancouver, Wyoming, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix and other locales.
653852
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Account of the author's experiences and adventures during a trip over the Burma Road.
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Visual Materials
Fascinating photographic record of an early road trip from Nebraska through Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and into California. A typed slip affixed to the front pastedown reads "'A fine trip with many hard knocks,' From Wausa, Nebr. to Turlock, Cal." There were four vehicles in the caravan, traversing unpaved tracks through the largely undeveloped Southwest, an uncommon feat at the time. The photographs include views of Starvation Peak, N.M.; a New Mexican Village; Springerville, Arizona with the Reagan Hotel; camp near Ft. Apache, Arizona; am automobile "hospital" at Dome City, Arizona; the Roosevelt Dam; a camp near San Diego, Cal.; etc.
photCL 583
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Diary of the first part of Frémont's fourth expedition from October 19 through November 9, 1848. The second diary contains an account of his trip with John Pope's reconnaissance from Santa Fé.
mssHM 4275-4276
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"Sindh Revisited is the remarkable story of the author's fascination with the early life of Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890). It is the story of an incredible journey, too - deep into the heart of British India, and the India and Sindh of today." "Christopher Ondaatje's Sindh Revisited is the extraordinarily sensitive account of the author's quest to uncover the secrets of the seven years Richard Burton spent in India in the army of the East India Company from 1842 to 1849. "If I wanted to fill the gap in my understanding of Richard Burton, I would have to do something that had never been done before: follow in his footsteps in India ..." The journey covered thousands of miles - trekking across deserts where ancient tribes meet modern civilization in the valley of the mighty Indus River." "What was it that Burton discovered in India? What was it that changed him from a rebellious, wayward youth into a man of courage, imagination, wisdom and personal power? Through this unique book and the journey it describes, we come nearer than ever before to understanding the mystery of Richard Burton and the devils that drove him."--Jacket.
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