City of the Saints and Across the Rocky Mountains to California ~ Burton

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From the Western & Civil War research/reference library of Jerry Crandall

City of the Saints and Across the Rocky Mountains to California 

by Richard F. Burton

Condition; good, slight bend in soft covers

Elibron Classics, 2005, exact reprint of original book published in 1862 by Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, London

Famed British explorer Burton traveled west in 1860 and met Brigham Young. The record of his trip forms the most detailed and exhaustive description we have of the vast Rocky Mountain wilderness on the eve of the Civil War.This classic belongs on every bookshelf devoted to the emigrant experience … One of the great classics of the American West … one is struck by its over-all excellence, the wealth of information it provides, and the originality of the Englishman’s insights. — Overland Journal