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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 4 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
es of creeping along the fortieth parallel had at last tied together the far ends of the earth. Marshall's Own Account of the Gold Discovery appeared in The century magazine, vol. XIX. Gold had been discovered some years before, but the psychological moment had not arrived for its exploitation. A vast literature developed on the subject, one of the earliest books being The emigrant's guide to the Gold Mines, and adventures with the Gold Diggers of California in August 1848 (1848), by Henry I. Simpson, of the New York Volunteers. This book has become rare. Another early but not scarce gold item is Theodore T. Johnson's Sights and scenes in the Gold regions, and scenes by the way (1849). The gold seekers got as far as Salt Lake over the Oregon Trail by Bear River; or from Ft. Bridger by the new way Hastings had found a little farther south, and more direct, through Echo Canyon. From Salt Lake the chief trail west led down the Humboldt River to the Sierra and over that mighty ba
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
anking, a, 438 Short introduction to the Latin tongue, a, 390, 444 Shut your mouth, 149 Siberia, 608 Siberian exile system, the, 165 Sights and scenes in the Goldregions, 145 Siljestrom, 406 Sill, E. R., 31, 53, 56-59, 64, 245 Siller, Franz, 581 Silver and Gold, 440 Silver Dagger, the, 512 Silver Pound, the, 440 Silver question, the, 440 Silver situation, the, 443 Simms, E. D., 479 Simms, W. G., 67, 338, 542, 549, 551, 551 n. Simon the Cyrenian, 267 Simpson, Henry I., 145 Simpson, S., 436 Singer, 481 Sir Hugh, 507 Sitting Bull, 159 Sixty years in public affairs, 351 Sixty years with the Bible, 206 Skal, Georg von, 579 Sketch Book, 125 Sketches of the rise and progress of Secession, 352 Sketches on a tour through the Northern and Eastern States, 162 Sketches on Rotations of crops, 430 Sketch of an English school, 393 Sketch of the finances of the United States, 430 Sketch of the life of R. F. Stockton, 143 Skid