Southwest Expedition of Jedediah S. Smith: His Personal Account of the Journ...

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Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
Release Year
1989
ISBN
9780803291973
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
0803291973
ISBN-13
9780803291973
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221392

Product Key Features

Book Title
Southwest Expedition of Jedediah Smith : His Personal Account of the Journey to California, 1826-1827
Number of Pages
259 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1989
Topic
United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / West / General, General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, History
Author
Jedediah S. Smith
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
89-004939
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
917.904/2
Synopsis
Jedediah S. Smith was to western exploration what Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison were to the world of invention a legendary figure kiting into the unknown, a lighter of the dark. No one did more to open the American West than this mountain man. His greatest exploring expedition came in 1826 when he looked to the Southwest for trapping grounds.Jedediah Smith's route ran, in modern terms, from Soda Springs in Idaho to the Great Salt Lake, southward across Utah, along the Colorado River to the Mojave Desert, and westward to California. When he reached the San Gabriel mission there, he could claim to be the first American to have gone overland through the Southwest. Then Smith marched northward through the San Joaquin Valley and, with two companions, embarked across the Great Basin. In traveling to the rendezvous of 1827 they became the first citizens of the United States ever to cross the Sierra eastbound and the Great Basin.That is the itinerary described in "The Southwest Expedition of Jedediah S. Smith," which contains the mountain man's long-lost journals. After coming to light in 1967, they were edited by George R. Brooks and published in a limited edition a decade later. This Bison Book reprint brings a scarce historical record to a wider audience.", Jedediah S. Smith was to western exploration what Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison were to the world of invention--a legendary figure kiting into the unknown, a lighter of the dark. No one did more to open the American West than this mountain man. His greatest exploring expedition came in 1826 when he looked to the Southwest for trapping grounds. Jedediah Smith's route ran, in modern terms, from Soda Springs in Idaho to the Great Salt Lake, southward across Utah, along the Colorado River to the Mojave Desert, and westward to California. When he reached the San Gabriel mission there, he could claim to be the first American to have gone overland through the Southwest. Then Smith marched northward through the San Joaquin Valley and, with two companions, embarked across the Great Basin. In traveling to the rendezvous of 1827 they became the first citizens of the United States ever to cross the Sierra eastbound and the Great Basin. That is the itinerary described in The Southwest Expedition of Jedediah S. Smith , which contains the mountain man's long-lost journals. After coming to light in 1967, they were edited by George R. Brooks and published in a limited edition a decade later. This Bison Book reprint brings a scarce historical record to a wider audience.
LC Classification Number
F800.S55 1989

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