An excursion to California over the prairie, Rocky mountains, and great Sierra Nevada. (Record no. 51912)
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| LC control number | rc 01000799 |
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| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Transcribing agency | CarP |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
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| Geographic area code | n-us-ca |
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| Classification number | F593 |
| Item number | .K287 |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 917.94 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kelly, William, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1791-1855. |
| 245 13 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | An excursion to California over the prairie, Rocky mountains, and great Sierra Nevada. |
| Remainder of title | With a stroll through the diggings and ranches of that country. |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | By William Kelly ... |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London, |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Chapman and Hall, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1851. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 2 v. |
| Dimensions | 21 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Reissued, London, 1852, as vols. 1 and 4 of The Bookcase series, with titles "Across the Rocky mountains ..." and "A stroll through the diggings of California." |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Englishman William Redmond Kelly (1791-1855) visited California in 1849 and 1850, and his account of that trip was widely read. An excursion to California (1851) is the two-volume account of Kelly's trip to the American West. The first volume takes him from England to California, January-July 1849. After landing in New York City, Kelly records his route through Buffalo, Detroit, Ottawa, Illinois, and St. Louis, before joining an overland train at Independence, Missouri in April. He records scenery and wildlife and Native American tribes as well as buffalo and antelope hunts and the party's stay in Utah. The book provides exceptional depth of detail on the mechanics of a wagon train's operations. The volume closes with Kelly's arrival in California and remarks on gold mining. The second volume was published separately the next year as "A stroll through the diggings of California." Here Kelly describes gold prospecting and life in mining camps on the Sacramento River and Rock, Middle, and Salt Creeks as well as visits to Sacramento, San Jose, and San Francisco. Throughout, he offers details of daily life and work and observations on native ethnic groups and European immigrants. |
| 540 ## - TERMS GOVERNING USE AND REPRODUCTION NOTE | |
| Terms governing use and reproduction | No known restrictions on publication. |
| 530 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE | |
| Additional physical form available note | Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | West (U.S.) |
| General subdivision | Description and travel. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Overland journeys to the Pacific. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | California |
| General subdivision | Description and travel. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | California |
| General subdivision | Gold discoveries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Ethnic groups |
| Geographic subdivision | California. |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Volume 1 |
| Path | calbk |
| Electronic name | 053 |
| Electronic format type | t |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.053">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.053</a> |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Volume 2 |
| Path | calbk |
| Electronic name | 054 |
| Electronic format type | t |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.054">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.054</a> |
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