A World Transformed: Firsthand Accounts of California Before the Gold Rush
A World Transformed gathers together the writings of early European explorers, missionaries, sea captains and other visitors, from the first Spaniards to glimpse San Francisco Bay in 1769 to the eve... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1890771139
ISBN13:9781890771133
Release Date:January 1999
Publisher:Heyday Books
Length:344 Pages
Weight:1.32 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 8.7"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
A World Brought to Life
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
In A World Transformed, Editor Joshua Paddison compiles 11 eyewitness accounts of California before the Gold Rush of 1849. The accounts are as diverse as the landscapes they describe. From San Francisco to Santa Barbara, readers experience the journals and travelogues of a variety of people, ranging from Russian fur trappers, to Spanish Missionaries, to American merchant sailors. Not only does each description render beautiful landscapes, but forgotten customs, occupations, and ideas about the world are effortlessly presented.Paddison is a skilled Editor. Somehow he managed to find and assemble several historical documents that read like suspenseful fiction.
History comes to life!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
In this accessible and engrossing anthology, editor Paddison portrays a pre-gold rush California that is familiar to today's Californians--diverse, contested, ever-changing. The book's firsthand accounts, framed by helpful introductions, bring to life the experiences of the missionaries, Indians, explorers, and homesteaders who populated early California. Highly recommended to anyone interested in the development (and transformation) of the American West.
fascinating first hand accounts
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
The eye-witnesses to the early California missions left remarkably detailed accounts of mission-life from the perspective of european outsiders. The section by George Vancouver was a great find. These accounts are compiled in a way that flows very naturally from both a chronological and stylistic view. I enjoyed reading this book very much and would highly recommend it to my fellow Californians and others interested in this period of history.
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