California
Subtitle: a pleasure trip from Gotham to the Golden Gate, April, May, June, 1877
By: by Mrs. Frank Leslie ; profusely illustrated
Publisher: G.W. Carleton & Co. Publishers; S. Low, Son & Co.
Published: 1877
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: Railroad travel -- United States; Chinese -- California; Indians of North America -- California; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; California -- Description and travel; West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890
Other titles: California, a pleasure trip from New York to San Francisco
Description: "Mrs. Leslie's account of the famous 1877 transcontinental railroad excursion by private car, which included her publisher-husband, Frank Leslie, a few friends, and a pet terrier"--Book dealer's description
Table of contents: title: The beginning; title: The Tagus and Lake Erie; title: Hotel cars versus emigrant trains; title: The unmentionable place; title: The garden of the gods; title: Cathedrals, castles, cities not built by hands; title: Salt Lake City; Mrs. Amelia's pictures; Miss Snow; title: A first-class Mormon interior; title: A lion that we saw and a lion that we heard; title: Philosophy, Shoshones, and Piutes; title: The palace hotel, photography, and the streets; title: a prince and a palace; title: A memorable visit; title: The broker's board and the city prison; title: The ways that are dark; title: Act LIII, scene 102; an opium den; title: Worse than death; title: Supper at a celestial restaurant; title: Woodward's garden and seal rocks; title: The ties of California business partnerships; title: San Rafael and Mr. Coleman's grounds; title: The roses of Santa Rosa; title: The geysers and fosse of Fosseville; title: Last days in San Francisco; title: A lodge in a vast wilderness; title: The Yosemite Valley; title: The Mariposa Big Trees; title: The queen of the angels; title: Baldwin's Ranche [sic] of Santa Ana; title: A very old woman and a very old church; title: Santa Monaca [sic]; title: Virginia City and the big bonanza; title: Homeward bound