Over the Range to the Golden Gate: A Complete Tourist's Guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound, and the Great North-west - Couverture rigide

Wood, Stanley

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1341106004 ISBN 13 : 9781341106002

Editeur : Palala Press, 2015

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Denver on the hither side of the Rocky Mountains, San Diego at the southern extremity of California, and Portland, Seattle and Tacoma, the three commercial entrepots of the Great Northwest. Yet such is the undertaking purposed. In a work of this character fact must ever stand paramount to fancy, and lucidity of expression take the precedence. No attempt will be made at tine writing; every effort will be made to state just such facts as the traveler would like to know, and to state these facts in clear and explicit language. The countrv traversed is most interesting, abounding in scenes of the greatest variety, from the broad and billowy expanse of the boundless prairie to the rugged grandeur of the American A lps, from the picturesque quaintness of New Mexico and the nomadic wildness of the Indian reservations to the polished civilization of metropolitan cities. There is no journey which can be taken on the continent of North America that presents so much of interest to the tourist, and which can be taken with such a comparatively moderate outlay ot time and money, as the one described in the following pages. New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, California. Oregon, Washington Territory! What a field for investigation, investment or pleasure !T hese are the lands of gold, of silver, of coal, of agriculture, of all fruits known to the temperate and sub-tropical zones. These are the lands of new endeavors, of fresh impulses, and for these reasons are of special interest to tourists, business men and seekers after health and pleasure. A side from the interesting character of the subject discussed, there is also a special value in the work now presented to the reader, inasmuch as great care has been taken to gather information that shall be found statistically accurate. In a work of this character it is difficult to combine accurate information with matters of general i
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palala Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1341106004
• ISBN 13: 9781341106002
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 292
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible