The dreadful sufferings of emigrants to California
by William Beschke
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The dreadful sufferings of emigrants to California
1978, Garland Pub.
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0824016874 9780824016876
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Original t.p. of 1850 ed. has "compiled from the journal of Mr. George Adam, one of the adventurers, by Prof. Wm. Beschke."
Concerning 1850 ed.: "Although purported to have been compiled from an overland journal, this narrative is almost certainly fictitious both as to events and characters"--Wagner-Camp (4th ed.), 179:2; Cf. Wright, L.H. Amer. fiction, 1774-1850 (2nd ed.), 309.
Reprint of the 1850 ed. published by Barclay, St. Louis under title: The dreadful sufferings and thrilling adventures of an overland party of emigrants to California.
Issued with the reprint of the 1848 ed. of Barker, J. Interesting narrative of the sufferings of Joseph Barker and his wife. New York, 1978.
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