What I Saw in California Edwin Bryant 9785519197601 Books
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What I Saw in California being the journal of a tour by the emigrant route and south pass of the Rocky Mountains, across the continent of North America, the great desert basin, and through California in the years 1846-1847. This book, "What I Saw in California", by Edwin Bryant, is a replication of a book originally published before 1849. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.
What I Saw in California Edwin Bryant 9785519197601 Books
I so want to read this book!But this product as received is almost unreadable. Literally.
This is a LARGE format paperback, measuring 8.5 x 11. Now that I've received the book, I see that point is mentioned in the product description, but overlooked by me before I hit "Add to Cart." But the size I could have lived with.
It's when you open the book that the real problem arises. The text, printed in very a thin, non-proportional typewriter font, flows all the way across the 8.5 inch page. Think of a very tightly spaced manuscript or screenplay from the 1950's, 138 pages long, where the typewriter ribbon is well beyond needing replacement. It's a sea of very light gray. My eyes hurt just thinking about it.
I thank the publisher for wanting to reprint this esteemed title, but with so many inexpensive desktop publishing programs available, there's no excuse for a product of this quality.
So now I'll go back and find a used hardcover. I still want to read this book.
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What I Saw in California Edwin Bryant 9785519197601 Books Reviews
Correction ... the great book is about what the author saw bumping along from Missouri to California, and the last part on what he observed there. It's a fun, educational, early tell-all narrative by a 19th century gent who doesn't mind embarrassing himself. He and his comrades are the three-stooges making every mistake in the book during the first days of the slog out of Independence, MO, and every tragedy is told with humor and interjected by the author's wondrous and verbose appreciation of the countryside and nature. I'm so glad I read this book as a primer of what not to do in a covered wagon, and an inspiration to get in one and go!
Hard subject matter, well written, good info.
I can't blame for this book only containing half of its material. It is an interesting read, though. See if you can find mention of William Tecumseh Sherman, who was a mere Second Lieutenant at the time.
I thought it was an amazing vignette of pioneer and California history. There were no punches pulled; the author wrote what happened. It was indicative of the times that there is a certain amount of ethnocentrism and lack of understanding of the plight of the American Indians, but the history was great! I got out a map and followed along.
Exactly what I was looking for!
This review is for the Narrative Press edition of this book.
First off, there are a number of typos due to the OCR process of processing this book for a new typesetting. In other words, there are well-spelled, but inappropriate, words every page or two. Usually you can figure out what the intended word was. Also, the PDF for this is readily and freely available so you can consult that, but I never had to. This is a common problem with books published by Narrative Press. Some of their books are a lot worse in the respect than this one.
As for the material, the first half is fairly enjoyable reading about the journey from Missouri to California even though Bryant is an unusually pompous person. The account of the journey is continually marred by his gushing about how sublime the experience is in certain places and by continually insisting that all the rock formations he sees remind him of grand architectural structures in ruins. He continually makes allusions to classic culture, the Greeks and Romans, to remind us what an highly classy and educated person he is.
The second half, after he reaches California, is almost unreadable. I have to wonder why I even bothered to read it all the way through. It is so dull, pompous and officious. Most of the second half is devoted to describing in minute detail the 2 or 3 minor military skirmishes that occurred as part of the US annexation of the territory. So noble, manly and glorious, of course.
As for the leg-amputation incident cited in the book's write-up, there isn't much to it. The young boy is almost dead from gangrene when the amputation is started and he dies before it's completed. If you want grisly details, there's quite a long section in the middle detailing all the gory cannibalistic goings on that occurred during the famous Donner Party tragedy. I had never really read that much about this before and found it mildly interesting, but I read these books for the story of the journey, not for sensational thrills.
This book could have been called "Calibre of Heroes." It is not a page turner. The end of each chapter will not leave you breathless. But if you're interested in the people who traveled the Overland Trails, this is the book to read. You will get an inside and in-depth look into the daily struggles of the men and women who risked it all, and sometimes lost it, as they scratched, clawed, and fought their way west in search of a better life.
"What I Saw in California" is a stirring reminder of the courage, spirit, and fierce independence of those who forged a great nation.
Frank Allan Rogers, author Upon A Crazy Horse
I so want to read this book!
But this product as received is almost unreadable. Literally.
This is a LARGE format paperback, measuring 8.5 x 11. Now that I've received the book, I see that point is mentioned in the product description, but overlooked by me before I hit "Add to Cart." But the size I could have lived with.
It's when you open the book that the real problem arises. The text, printed in very a thin, non-proportional typewriter font, flows all the way across the 8.5 inch page. Think of a very tightly spaced manuscript or screenplay from the 1950's, 138 pages long, where the typewriter ribbon is well beyond needing replacement. It's a sea of very light gray. My eyes hurt just thinking about it.
I thank the publisher for wanting to reprint this esteemed title, but with so many inexpensive desktop publishing programs available, there's no excuse for a product of this quality.
So now I'll go back and find a used hardcover. I still want to read this book.
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