Sierra Crossing: First Roads to California Paperback - 2000
by Thomas Frederick Howard
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"As Thomas Howard proves in this engaging study of early efforts to breach the Sierra Nevada, contemporary pathways represent an intriguing interaction of geography, human intention--and will. Having read this book, one will never again think simply about roadways. From Native American trails to overland stage routes, and the railways and freeways that were to follow, each axis of approach coaxed from the land and from the people who crossed the land the highest levels of engineering skills and dialogue with nature."--Kevin Starr, State Librarian of California
"Tom Howard's intricately researched and well-told story. . . [is] the best kind of commingling of geography and history. . . that the legendary George Stewart would have relished."--Paul F. Starrs, editor of Geographical Review
"This lively and scholarly study is the definitive analysis of the overland mountain routes to California. . . . Sierra Crossing is indispensable for anyone interested in the historical geography of the westward movement and California history."--Martin Ridge, Senior Research Associate, The Huntington Library
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- Title Sierra Crossing: First Roads to California
- Author Thomas Frederick Howard
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 227
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley
- Date 2000-10-18
- Features Maps
- ISBN 9780520226869 / 0520226860
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.94 x 6.09 x 0.57 in (22.71 x 15.47 x 1.45 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Cultural Region: West Coast
- Geographic Orientation: California
- Geographic Orientation: Nevada
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97-28012
- Dewey Decimal Code 388.109
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