The Butterfield Overland Mail – Only Through Passenger on the First Westbound Stage (Huntington Library Classics) - Softcover

Ormsby, Waterman L

 
9780873282321: The Butterfield Overland Mail – Only Through Passenger on the First Westbound Stage (Huntington Library Classics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0873282329 ISBN 13: 9780873282321
Publisher: University of California Press, 2007

Synopsis

This is the classic firsthand account by Waterman L. Ormsby, a reporter who in 1858 crossed the western states as the sole through passenger of the Butterfield Overland Mail stage on its first trip from St. Louis to San Francisco. Ormsby's reports, which promptly appeared in the "New York Herald", are lively and exciting. He describes the journey in close detail, giving full accounts of the conveyances, the accommodations, the other passengers, the country through which they passed, the dangers to which they were exposed, and the constant necessity for speed.

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About the Author

Waterman L. Ormsby was a special correspondent for the New York Herald.

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Publisher
University of California Press
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0873282329
ISBN 13 
9780873282321
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
180