Life on the Plains and Among the Diggings: Being Scenes and Adventures of an Overland Journey to California

by Alonzo Delano

With Particular Incidents Of The Route, Mistakes And Sufferings Of The Emigrants, The Indian Tribes, The Present And The Future Of The Great West.

384 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1981

Reviews

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's incredible to imagine so many people heading west within such a short span of time, hardly any of them having a realistic idea of how to find food and water for themselves, let alone for their livestock, then arriving penniless and starved in California and being able to jump right into prospecting because so much money was being thrown around. Most of the book covers the migration west and the last third provides a pretty interesting perspective on the gold fields in the early days of California's statehood.

[Lisa Redfern · Rating 5 out of 5]

Emigrant endurance during the first two years of California's statehood.

From a desolate trail littered with dumped supplies and carcasses to illness, fire, severe weather, Indian relations, growing towns, lawlessness, and industry, Delano makes one marvel that there were survivors of early life in the golden state!

[S. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Found this e-book on Barnes & Noble instead:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/life...
(The Amazon link went to a blank page with a picture of a dog.)

[Chris Knezevich · Rating 2 out of 5]

Do not waste your time with this book. I wish I could get back the time that I lost or my life reading this journal. Yes, there are some times where it is slightly interesting but more often than not it is nothing more than a journal of their journey.