The sunset land
Subtitle: or, The great Pacific slope.
By: By Rev. John Todd, D.D.
Publisher: Lee and Shepard
Published: 1870
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Mormon Church.; Mines and mineral resources -- California.; Ethnic groups -- California.; Agriculture -- California.; Business -- California.; California -- Description and travel.
Description: John Todd (1800-1873), a Congregationalist clergyman in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, wrote widely and published several religious magazines. The sunset land (1870) contains Todd's experiences as a visitor to California in the mid 1860s, with essays on the state's history, climate, agricultural products, and geology; gold mining; the Calaveras redwoods; and Yosemite Valley. He devotes a chapter to Mormonism and what he believes to be its inevitable decline; another, to the triumph of the transcontinental railroad; and a third, to the city of San Francisco.
Notes: Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
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