Shaw, R.C.:

$200 · Offered by William Reese Company

ACROSS THE PLAINS IN FORTY-NINE. Shaw was a member of the Granite State and California Mining and Trading Company, and here narrates the story of his overland trek from Massachusetts to California in 1849 along the Platte River route. "After an extraordinarily difficult journey, marked by Indian troubles and cholera, the men arrived at Sutter's Fort on September 6" - Kurutz. The final chapter relates some of Shaw's mining experiences around Weber Creek. While Shaw is fond of providing specific dates and vivid descriptions of landscapes, the clear discrepancies between his account and accounts from his travelling companions reveal his memory to be spotty at best. Mintz nevertheless notes that "Shaw's book offers a good picture of the hardships suffered."

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