1894. Illustrated by Alson Clark. The autobiography of a pioneer, detailing his life from a humble home in the Green Mountains to the gold mines of California and particularly reciting the sufferings of the bank of men, women and children who gave Death Valley its name. Manly's narrative stands out among the many written of the days of '49 for several reasons. In the first place, Manly's book is one of the most vivid because it tells the most poignant experience of any of the adventures. It is one of the enduring tales of human heroism. Next to the tale itself comes the heroic figure of the man who tells the tale-the story of the tragedy of which he was, himself, a part. Among his companions, men and women of the Death Valley party, Manly is the outstanding figure, not that he strives to so distinguish himself, but because the facts make him so.
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ST. ALBANS, Vermont, is near the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, and only a short distance south of "Five-and-forty north degrees" which separates the United States from Canada, and some sixty or seventy miles from the great St. Lawrence River and the city of Montreal. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Death Valley, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Old Crump, Mineral Point, Moore's Flat, San Jose, Captain Hunt, Captain Doty, Green River, John Rogers, New Orleans, Tom Shannon, Yuba River, San Bernardino, Fort Bridger, Missouri River, Brigham Young, Captain Culverwell, Kern River, Owen's Lake, Pacific Ocean, Sierra Nevada Mountains, United States, Merced River New!
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ST. ALBANS, Vermont, is near the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, and only a short distance south of "Five-and-forty north degrees" which separates the United States from Canada, and some sixty or seventy miles from the great St. Lawrence River and the city of Montreal. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Death Valley, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Old Crump, Mineral Point, Moore's Flat, San Jose, Captain Hunt, Captain Doty, Green River, John Rogers, New Orleans, Tom Shannon, Yuba River, San Bernardino, Fort Bridger, Missouri River, Brigham Young, Captain Culverwell, Kern River, Owen's Lake, Pacific Ocean, Sierra Nevada Mountains, United States, Merced River New!
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- Pacific Ocean (Oceans and Seas) by Jen Green on page 296, and page 522
- Death Valley: The Story Behind the Scenery by Bill Clark in Front Matter, and page 389
- The Trinity River by Luther Smith on page 436
- San Bernardino Mountains (Explore! Guide Maps) by Automobile Club of Southern California on page 162
- The gold coin (Houghton Mifflin reading : the literature experience) by Alma Flor Ada on page 489
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