Death Valley in '49 : an autobiography of a pioneer who survived the California Desert
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Published
New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, 2016.
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Port Jervis Free Library - Adult Biography & Autobiography | B MANLY | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
California -- Gold discoveries.
Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.) -- Biography.
Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.) -- Description and travel.
Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.) -- History, Local.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
Manly, William Lewis, -- 1820-1903.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Pioneers -- Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.) -- Biography.
Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.) -- Biography.
Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.) -- Description and travel.
Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.) -- History, Local.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
Manly, William Lewis, -- 1820-1903.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Pioneers -- Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.) -- Biography.
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Published
New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, 2016.
Format
Book
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504 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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Description
At the height of the California gold rush in 1849, a wagon train of men, women, children, and their animals stumbled into a 130-mile-long valley in the Mojave Desert while they were looking for a shortcut to the California coast. What ensued was an ordeal that divided the camp into remnants and struck them with hunger, thirst, and a terrible sense of being lost beyond hope, until a twenty-nine-year-old hero volunteered to cross the desert to get help. This young hero, William Lewis Manly, was one of the survivors of the tragedy, and he lived to tell the tale forty-five years later in this gripping autobiography.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Manly, W. L. (2016). Death Valley in '49: an autobiography of a pioneer who survived the California Desert (First Skyhorse Publishing edition.). Skyhorse Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Manly, William Lewis, 1820-1903. 2016. Death Valley in '49: An Autobiography of a Pioneer Who Survived the California Desert. Skyhorse Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Manly, William Lewis, 1820-1903. Death Valley in '49: An Autobiography of a Pioneer Who Survived the California Desert Skyhorse Publishing, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Manly, William Lewis. Death Valley in '49: An Autobiography of a Pioneer Who Survived the California Desert First Skyhorse Publishing edition., Skyhorse Publishing, 2016.
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