Download or read book The Californian Crusoe Or The Lost Treasure Found a Tale of Mormonism written by Californian Crusoe and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Crusoe s Island written by John Ross Browne and published by New York, Harper & brothers. This book was released on 1864 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Ross Browne (1817-1875) of Kentucky, the official reporter for the California State Constitutional Convention of 1849, came to California in 1849 as an employee of the government revenue service. He traveled widely in the next two decades, including a stay in China as U.S. minister, before settling down in Oakland in 1870. Crusoe's island (1864) contains four short works: (1) Crusoe's island, an account of his visits to Juan Fernandez, the island off the Chilean coast where Alexander Selkirk's experiences are supposed to have been the basis of Defoe's Robinson Crusoe; (2) A dangerous journey, an account of Browne's 1849 journey by horseback from San Francisco to San Luis Obispo; (3) Observations in office, which summarizes his experiences as a functionary of the Treasury Department sent to the Pacific Coast in 1858 to examine customs houses, with chapters on a controversy in Port Townsend, Washington, concerning the sale of liquor to Native Americans and on the exploitation of Native Americans in California; and (4) A peep at Washoe, inspired by the latest "rush," that for gold in the Washoe region of the Sierra Nevada, including Browne's reflections on mining fevers and his recollections of his own travels through Nevada and California mining districts.
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Download or read book The Californian Crusoe written by Robert Richards (19th cent.) and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Californian Crusoe Or The Lost Treasure Found written by Robert Richards and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Californian Crusoe written by Robert Richards and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Californian Crusoe: Or, the Lost Treasure Found; A Tale of Mormonism In a delightful valley in the eastern part of Lancashire I first beheld the light of day. My father, George Richards, was a small but respectable landed proprietor in the parish of Pillington. From his little estate he derived a sufficiency of the comforts of life, together with the means of bringing up his family in a plain but reputable manner. Even now, at the distance of nearly half the globe, and after the lapse of long years of trial and misfortune, my paternal home is distinctly impressed upon the tablet of my memory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Crusoe s Island written by John Ross Browne and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Ross Browne (1817-1875) of Kentucky, the official reporter for the California State Constitutional Convention of 1849, came to California in 1849 as an employee of the government revenue service. He traveled widely in the next two decades, including a stay in China as U.S. minister, before settling down in Oakland in 1870. Crusoe's island (1864) contains four short works: (1) Crusoe's island, an account of his visits to Juan Fernandez, the island off the Chilean coast where Alexander Selkirk's experiences are supposed to have been the basis of Defoe's Robinson Crusoe; (2) A dangerous journey, an account of Browne's 1849 journey by horseback from San Francisco to San Luis Obispo; (3) Observations in office, which summarizes his experiences as a functionary of the Treasury Department sent to the Pacific Coast in 1858 to examine customs houses, with chapters on a controversy in Port Townsend, Washington, concerning the sale of liquor to Native Americans and on the exploitation of Native Americans in California; and (4) A peep at Washoe, inspired by the latest "rush," that for gold in the Washoe region of the Sierra Nevada, including Browne's reflections on mining fevers and his recollections of his own travels through Nevada and California mining districts.
Download or read book Crusoe s Island written by J Ross Browne and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crusoe's Island is a fascinating travelogue of a journey made by author John Ross Browne to the island of Juan Fernandez, the inspiration for Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. With illustrations and descriptions of the landscape and wildlife of the island, as well as the history of its early inhabitants, this book is a must-read for lovers of adventure and travel writing. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Crusoe s Island a Ramble in the Footsteps of Alexander Selkirk written by John Ross Browne and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
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Download or read book Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery written by Jules Verne and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jules Verne's cyclopedic fancy this time finds scope for its vagaries in the Californian Eldorado, among the millionaires of absolutely limitless resources, who, the French romancer would have us believe, form a large class of the population around the Golden Gate. Nevertheless, the story is of the Crusoe order, and is concerned with the adventures of the restless young Californian, Godfrey Morgan, and his companion, the dancing-master, Tartlet, upon a strange island where they have been wrecked. The story is one of the most amazing efforts of Verne's genius, and certainly lacks neither interest nor amusement. The illustrations are very numerous and equal the text in force and character.
Download or read book Crusoe s Books written by Bill Bell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-13 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about readers on the move in the age of Victorian empire. It examines the libraries and reading habits of five reading constituencies from the long nineteenth century: shipboard emigrants, Australian convicts, Scottish settlers, polar explorers, and troops in the First World War. What was the role of reading in extreme circumstances? How were new meanings made under strange skies? How was reading connected with mobile communities in an age of expansion? Uncovering a vast range of sources from the period, from diaries, periodicals, and literary culture, Bill Bell reveals some remarkable and unanticipated insights into the way that reading operated within and upon the British Empire for over a century.
Download or read book Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery written by Jules Verne and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scene is in San Francisco, the capital of California, but not at the period when the placer-mining fever was raging—from 1849 to 1852. San Francisco was no longer what it had been then, a caravanserai, a terminus, an inn, where for a night there slept the busy men who were hastening to the gold-fields west of the Sierra Nevada. At the end of some twenty years the old unknown Yerba-Buena had given place to a town unique of its kind, peopled by 100,000 inhabitants, built under the shelter of a couple of hills, away from the shore, but stretching off to the farthest heights in the background—a city in short which has dethroned Lima, Santiago, Valparaiso, and every other rival, and which the Americans have made the queen of the Pacific, the "glory of the western coast!" It was the 15th of May, and the weather was still cold. In California, subject as it is to the direct action of the polar currents, the first weeks of this month are somewhat similar to the last weeks of March in Central Europe. But the cold was hardly noticeable in the thick of the auction crowd. The bell with its incessant clangour had brought together an enormous throng, and quite a summer temperature caused the drops of perspiration to glisten on the foreheads of the spectators which the cold outside would have soon solidified. Do not imagine that all these folks had come to the auction-room with the intention of buying. I might say that all of them had but come to see. Who was going to be mad enough, even if he were rich enough, to purchase an isle of the Pacific, which the government had in some eccentric moment decided to sell? Would the reserve price ever be reached? Could anybody be found to work up the bidding? If not, it would scarcely be the fault of the public crier, who tried his best to tempt buyers by his shoutings and gestures, and the flowery metaphors of his harangue. People laughed at him, but they did not seem much influenced by him.
Download or read book Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery written by Jules Verne and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Godfrey Morgan: A Californian Mystery by Jules Verne: Embark on a Californian mystery with Jules Verne's narrative of Godfrey Morgan. In this adventure, readers follow Godfrey's journey as he navigates uncharted territories, unexpected encounters, and the enigma of the Californian landscape. Key Aspects of the Book "Godfrey Morgan: A Californian Mystery by Jules Verne": Adventure and Exploration: Verne's narrative takes readers on a thrilling journey filled with exploration, danger, and unexpected twists, capturing the spirit of adventure. Mystery and Intrigue: The Californian mystery at the heart of the story challenges Godfrey and his companions, inviting readers to engage in solving the enigma alongside the characters. Exploration of Setting: The novel offers insights into the diverse landscapes and cultures of California, portraying the region's natural beauty and its impact on the characters' experiences. Jules Verne was a French author known for his pioneering works in science fiction and adventure literature. Through Godfrey Morgan, Verne invites readers to venture into the unknown and embrace the thrill of exploration.
Download or read book The California Crusoe Or The Lost Treasure Found written by Robert Richards and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Crusoe s Island A Ramble in the Footsteps of Alexander Selkirk written by John Browne and published by Litres. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Searching for Crusoe written by Thurston Clarke and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They inspire feelings of great passion, serenity, and sometimes fear . . . they give people the opportunity to find themselves--or to lose their minds . . . they are revered as paradise or treated as junkyards . . . both haunted by and respectful of history . . . they are central to the myths and religions of many peoples throughout time . . . they provide a real, friendly community or the hell of repetitive social encounters . . . What is it about islands that has captivated millions of people around the world and through the centuries? In a penetrating, brilliantly written book that weaves sociology, history, politics, personality, and ancient and popular culture into one compelling narrative, Thurston Clarke island-hops around the oceans of the world, searching for an explanation for the most passionate and enduring geographic love affair of all time--between humankind and islands. Along the way Clarke visits the remote and silent Mas À Tierra, the island off the coast of Chile that inspired Defoe to write Robinson Crusoe; tropical Banda Neira, one of the Spice Islands, where its self-crowned prince hopes for nothing less than nutmeg's complete and glorious revival; sleepy, simple Campobello, the Canadian island where Franklin D. Roosevelt spent his boyhood summers; Patmos, with its imposing mountaintop monastery; Malekula, once the most notorious cannibal island in the world; and Jura in Scotland's Hebrides, where George Orwell wrote 1984--the island that turned Clarke into a islomane, someone Lawrence Durrell says experiences an "indescribable intoxication" at finding himself in "a little world surrounded by the sea." Despite colonialism and missionary conversions, wartime scars and shrinking coasts, islands have thrived. Though each island is unique in its own way, Clarke discovers that the islanders themselves are a distinct people-- tranquilized by their watery horizons yet sensitive to the first shift in weather, conservative yet more likely to drop their inhibitions because no one is looking. And over every island falls the shadow of Robinson Crusoe, persuading us that islands are more liberating than confining, more contemplative than lonely, more holy than barbaric because we have been "removed from all the wickedness of the world." In a stunning work of wit, adventure, and incisive exploration, Thurston Clarke brings a unique passion to dazzling life.
