The Emigrant S Guide To The Western States Of America

Excerpt from The Emigrant's Guide, or Sketches of Canada: With Some of the Northern and Western States of America After an absence of thirty-six years - nineteen in the east end of Upper Canada, and seventeen on the shores of Lake Huron, Western end of said province - I have made a visit to fatherland. In view of the great deception imposed upon emigrants and the British public by mere strangers and self-interested railway passengers, that know very little more of the real state of the country than a balloon passenger, praising or railing, as will serve the interests of the landholder of England or landseller of Canada, I thought it a needful and most useful service to my countrymen to lay before them a plain, practical matter-of-fact statement, on which they might safely rely in deciding a question on which the. good of millions so much depends. There is no land speculator under heaven that knows just now of my writing, neither have I an acre of land to sell, nor any selfish end to serve by coloured or false statements; and as I intend to return to my charge in a few months, my own character is fully at stake by my people - very good judges of all I relate -especially the emigrant's trials and prospects, with all that concerns bush life, having been emigrants themselves. I have not been locked up in an office, store, or cloister. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Published in 1845, this guidebook for pioneers is a reproduction of one of the most collectible books about California and the Western movement. It was the guidebook used by the Donner Party on their fateful journey. In addition, because Hastings' shortcut route through the Rockies produced such tragedy, the War Department commissioned The Prairie Traveler.

Excerpt from The Emigrant's Guide: To the Western States of America; Or, Backwoods and Prairies From the firm woof, not the ravelled edge, of Ameri can society, I have culled my pictures of Western manners, and they are taken from the life. The incidents of this work are true. Of course, I have availed myself of an author's privilege to dress them up in a suitable and readable form. While the painter adheres to nature, it is not forbidden to cast around his groupings the peculiar resources of his art. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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