| Adventurers and Prophets: American Autobiographers in Mexican California, 1828-1847 Of 750 Copies Edition Contributor(s): Churchill, Charles B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0870622285 ISBN-13: 9780870622281 Publisher: Arthur H. Clark Company OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1995 Annotation: For more than a century the history of the American Frontier, particularly the West, has been the speciality of the Arthur H. Clark Company. We publish new books, both interpretive and documentary, in small, high-quality editions for the collector, researcher, and library. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 979.403 |
| LCCN: 94047236 |
| Series: Western Frontiersmen |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.5" (1.45 lbs) 278 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Working from the autobiographical writings of influential and legendary pioneers to California, the author weaves a rich tapestry of the California landscape in the 19th century. Kit Carson, explorer and mountain man; Richard Henry Dana, seaman; William Heath Davis, Jr., prominent trader who assimilated into the Californio upper class; James Ohio Pattie, fur trapper; William Dane Phelps, ship captain; Alfred Robinson, trader and prominent merchant and sailor; Henry Augustus Wise, U.S. Navy Lieutenant hell-bent on expansion; William Henry Thomes, feckless thrill-seeker; Leonard and Nidever, explorers; Benjamin Davis Wilson, Indian Agent; and Thomas Jefferson Farnham, participant in the Graham Affair, are included. All provide observations that enhance our understanding of the attitudes of California immigrants. Records of their perspectives, expectations, ideals and loyalties expose the contradictions and complexities of what it can mean to be an American. These personal narratives, combined with social, cultural, political and economic elements, offer an authentic record of early California society. This original interpretation examines personal prejudices and chauvinism at work on the pre-gold rush frontier. Edition strictly limited to 750 copies |
Contributor Bio(s): Churchill, Charles B.: - Charles B. Churchill is a professor of history at California State University, Chico. |