Wonderland; or, Twelve weeks in and out of the United States.
Subtitle: Brief account of a trip across the continent--short run into Mexico--ride to the Yosemite Valley--steamer voyage to Alaska, the land of glaciers--visit to the Great Shoshone Falls and a stage ride through the Yellowstone national park.
By: By Edward S. Parkinson.
Publisher: MacCrellish & Quigley, printers
Published: 1894
Place of publication: Trenton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; California; Alaska -- Description and travel
Description: Edward S. Parkinson was a New Jersey newspaperman who traveled to California and Alaska in 1892. Wonderland, or Twelve weeks in and out of the United States (1894) is his account of that three-month adventure: a rail trip from New Jersey to California with side trips to Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. Highlights include visits to the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and Yosemite, Portland and Shoshone; with a chapter on California resort hotels.
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