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Book/Printed Material The sunset land; or, The great Pacific slope

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Title

  • The sunset land; or, The great Pacific slope

Summary

  • John Todd (1800-1873), a Congregationalist clergyman in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, wrote widely and published several religious magazines. The sunset land (1870) contains Todd's experiences as a visitor to California in the mid 1860s, with essays on the state's history, climate, agricultural products, and geology; gold mining; the Calaveras redwoods; and Yosemite Valley. He devotes a chapter to Mormonism and what he believes to be its inevitable decline; another, to the triumph of the transcontinental railroad; and a third, to the city of San Francisco.

Names

  • Todd, John, 1800-1873

Created / Published

  • Boston, Lee and Shepard, 1870.

Headings

  • -  California--Description and travel
  • -  Latter Day Saint churches
  • -  Mines and mineral resources--California
  • -  Ethnic groups--California
  • -  Agriculture--California
  • -  Business--California

Medium

  • 3 p.l., 9-322 p. 18 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F866 .T6

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • rc01000890

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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"California as I Saw It:" First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900.

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Chicago citation style:

Todd, John. The sunset land; or, The great Pacific slope. Boston, Lee and Shepard, 1870. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/rc01000890/.

APA citation style:

Todd, J. (1870) The sunset land; or, The great Pacific slope. Boston, Lee and Shepard. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/rc01000890/.

MLA citation style:

Todd, John. The sunset land; or, The great Pacific slope. Boston, Lee and Shepard, 1870. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/rc01000890/>.