A doctor's gold rush journey to California
By: by Israel Shipman Pelton Lord ; edited by Necia Dixon Liles ; with a foreword by J.S. Holliday.
Contributors: Liles, Necia Dixon.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 441
Subjects: Lord, Israel Shipman Pelton, b. 1805 -- Diaries; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Oregon National Historic Trail; West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860; California -- History -- 1846-1850; California -- Gold discoveries; Panama -- Description and travel
Genres: Diaries.
Description: "One hundred and forty-nine years ago, a homeopathic physician luxuriously named Israel Shipman Pelton Lord trudged across the country in the midst of thousands of wagons, oxen, and seekers of the first free gold in history. Disappointed with the maps and guides of the day, Lord determined to set the record straight for future travelers."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Originally published as: At the extremity of civilization : Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 1995.
Includes index.