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Home
Power Magazine, "The Hands-On Journal of Home-Made
Power". Review by MEG Covers independent "off-grid" power systems for
home, business and recreational use, with emphasis on renewable sources; solar
electric/thermal, wind and hydro. Over the past 11 years Home Power has
chronicled the application and development of solar power around the world.
Published bimonthly, 114 ppg, $22.50 U.S. Home Power Magazine, POB 520,
Ashland OR 97520, (800)707-6585, (530)475-0830, Current Issue
available for FREE Download. Back Issues, Books and CD-ROM's available.
Strategic
Relocation Guide: N. American Guide to Safe Places, by Joel
M. Skousen. Review by MEG. This 8 1/2 x 11, 226 page, softcover book
contains an incredible wealth of information covering all 50 States, the U.S.
Territorial Islands, Canada, and Mexico. It is encyclopedic in scope, and covers
every factor effecting the rational selection of a safe and secure place to
live.
Incorporating detailed maps, tables and graphs as well as a State-by-State
evaluation, this manual is an invaluable tool for finding the "right
place" to set up a retreat - whether you are looking for a place in your
immediate area or somewhere to relocate to. Add it to your library, today!
The manual is separated into 3 main sections:
The Ideal Criteria. This section outlines a survival "wish
list" of favorable conditions for maximum benefit in day-to-day living as
well as living in perilous times. It includes an analysis of population
densities, weather and climatic patterns, forestation, crime statistics,
government regulation, politics and tax rates.
Threat Analysis. This section provides the bulk of material in
the book, examining in detail the various past, present and potential problems
for each area. It also provides interesting information & suggestions for
minimizing the effects of many of the listed threats. The major topics of
discussion include: natural disasters, man-made health threats, water supply,
disease, crime & social unrest, nuclear threats & forces, weapons
deployment & storage sites (places to avoid!), US, Canadian & Mexican
nuclear forces, government intrusion & conspiracies, political threats.
Putting It All Together. This section incorporates all of the
previous factors and presents conclusions in the form of regional maps with
highlighted "SAFE PLACES" for each State and region in the US, Canada
& Mexico. Following each regional map is a state-by-state evaluation of the
best places within each and a table of "safe counties" within each
State.
How
to Implement a High Security Shelter in the Home. By Joel
Skousen. Review by MEG. Can't move, but want to provide a modicum of
security for your family? If you want to build a shelter against the possibility
of fire, natural disaster, crime, war, or civil/economic collapse, this book is
an excellent tool for renovating a space in an existing structure.
The book provides the essentials for building a fireproof, seismic designed,
vault room (using readily available materials and equipment), with self
contained emergency living and storage facilities, independent power and water
supplies, filtered air, communications, and a concealed and secure entry.
Chapters One and Two cover placement, layout & design. Containing detailed
schematics and easy to understand text, the author shows how you can build a
secure area within any existing space. The design details include: optimum
layout & minimization; living, sleeping, storage and sanitary areas;
lighting, ventilation and water supply; electronic systems and wiring; EMP &
radiation considerations; economization and cost estimations.
Chapter Three discusses structural considerations for ceilings, foundation &
floors, walls, and doors before continuing with Step-By-Step instructions for
construction of the main elements of the shelter.
For those who cannot afford the cost or space for an extensive shelter, Chapter
Four shows you how to fortify a closet space, giving various ideas for different
levels of security.
Nine appendices add to the worth of the book with a source list of equipment
& suppliers, a comprehensive list of items to stockpile, a suggested barter
list, water purification & storage, how to install a cistern or a reserve
water tank for the home, preparing your family for difficult times, political
threat considerations, and access to the author's Design & Consultation
services.
Joel Skousen is a recognized authority in shelter design and a pioneer in the
field. Whether you are building a freestanding shelter from scratch or
renovating available space, this book provides a wealth of information that
cannot help but add to the safety, security and comfort of those who may,
someday, need to use it. A good buy, and an easy and excellent read.
Homestead.Org’s
Book & Magazine Reading List. A very extensive listing with
excellent titles and their ISBNs, Authors, publishers. Occasionally has a
synopsis.
Becoming
Self-Reliant covers the basics of storing food and water to more
advanced survival topics, such as drying food, raising rabbits and pigeons, and
how to build and deploy fish traps. It's a good guide for the beginning to
intermediate survivalist with something of interest for everyone. Captain Dave
found himself taking notes at a few spots, so everyone can learn something from
this easy-to-read 200 page soft-back book.
TEOTWAWKI
Book Review, By Capt. Dave "I found TEOTWAWKI eye-opening in some
areas -- particularly the political and legal aspects -- and very informative in
others. While I do not agree with all the scenarios, I realize the author had to
exaggerate some items to make the novel more interesting. All-in-all, I think TEOTWAWKI
is a must-read for any survivalist. "
Christian
Guide to Small Arms. Review by MEG. The Christian's Guide to Small Arms is an
electronic book which makes biblical, constitutional, and historical argument
that it is not only the right, but in fact, the duty of Christians to
be armed. Unique. Haven’t read it yet, but the TOC is interesting and it’s
available for on-line perusal or download.
Backwoodsman Magazine,
P.O. Box 627, Westcliife, CO 81252, Phone: (719)783-9028
"The Magazine for the 20th Century Frontiersman Specializing In Trapping,
Woodslore, Survival, Gardening, Muzzleloading and Homesteading". A great
all around magazine! $15.00 per year. $28.00 for 2 years.
Backwoods Home Magazine,
1257 Siskiyou Blvd., #213, Ashland, OR 97520, Phone: (805) 647-9341
A really great magazine on all aspects of self reliant living; home building,
alternative energy sources, farming/gardening, health, environment, etc.
Boomerang News,
Ted E. Bailey, P.O. Box 6076, Ann Arbor, MI 48106
News on Boomerangs, Rabbit sticks from around the world. $10.00 per year
($12.00, Canada. $20.00 Overseas).
Bulletin of Primitive Technology,
Society of Primitive Technology, P.O. Box 905, Rexburg, ID 83440, Phone
Voice/FAX: (208) 359-2400
More than a magazine, the official bulletin of the Society of Primitive
Technology. The most highly technical, yet understandable, magazine on various
primitive technologies I have ever read. Contains articles by all the big names
in these technologies. Join the Society and order their back issues while you
can at $10 per issue. Free classifieds for members. $25.00 year. Subscription
price includes annual PrimitiveTechnology Newsletter.
Coltsfoot,
Rt. 2, Box 313A, Shipman, VA 22971
A bi-monthly newsletter published in appreciation of wild plants. Contents
include articles on edible and medicinal plants. Subscription Rate: $10.00 per
year (Sample Issue: $2.00)
dirt times,
Published by Earth Skills, 1113 Cougar Court, HC 2, Box 8132, Frazier Park, CA
93225, Phone: (805) 245-0318, Editor: Jim Lowery
Great little newsletter that focuses on tracking, wilderness skills and nature
awareness. It comes out quarterly and focuses on the Southern California area,
but has some good information that would be good for any area. Not only do they
have articles on tracking, they also have articles on many primitive
technologies. Back issues are available and a catalog. Subscription Price is
$12.50 ($15.00 International)
Herbal Voices,
3936 Mt. Bliss Rd., East Jordan, MI 49727
A quarterly newsletter for plant crafters. It has articles on medicinal plants,
edible plants and many other plant related topics. They are also forming a
network for people who use herbs. Subscription Rate: $12.00 per year
Journal of the Great Lakes
Primitives, George Hedgepeth, Editor, G-3450
South Linden Rd., Suite 119, Flint, MI 48507
Newsletter on various primitive skills and activity focusing on activity in the
Great Lakes area. $10.00 per year
Michigan Flintknappers Newsletter,
Robert Love, 8185 Kiowah Trail, Pinckney, MI 48169
The newsletter of the Michigan Flintknappers about flintknapping. $10.00 per
year.
Pathways,
The Newsletter of the National Association of Therapeutic Wilderness Camps,
NATWC, 174 Underwood Farm Rd., Cleveland, GA 30528
This an organization that is a network of camps that uses wilderness living
skills as a tool to reach troubled youth with a therapeutically sound,
non-punitive approach. They hold an annual conference and have such
distinguished members on their board, such as Larry Dean Olsen (ANASAZI
Foundation, Outdoor Survival Skills). $25.00 per year or join their organization
with full benefits for $40.00 (Individual), $30.00 (Full-time student).
Pow-Wow Listing,
John Blackfeather and/or Lynette C. Jeffries, 511 Latimer St, Hillsborough, NC
27278, Phone: (919) 732-8512
A one page newsletter that lists Pow-wows going on all over. Subscription price
is three self addressed stamped envelopes. send to address indicated,
Pow-Wow Trails,
P.O. Box 1188, Long wood, FL 32752-1188
Extensive listings of Pow-Wows and articles. Subscription Price: $12.00 year--I
2 issues
Prehistoric Antiquities &
Archaeological News Quarterly, Dept. 301, Box
53. N. Lewisburg, OH 43060
Prehistoric artifacts for sale and trade, articles on current archaeological
findings and research, calendar of events for meeting, auctions and shows, books
and supplies. To Subscribe: Sample, $5. 1 Year Subscription (4 issues). $20
(Canada $4. Sample, $6)
Primitive Archer,
P.O. Box 209, Lufkin, TX 75902-0203, Phone: (409) 632-8746.
This magazine is dedicated to the primitive bowyer, hunter and archer. They deal
strictly with wooden bows, not compounds, not artificially laminated. Articles
on choosing bow woods, fllntknapping, constructing bows, tales of hunting and
hunting how-to with primitive bows, romance of the bow and primitive hunt, arrow
making, resources... just about anything having to do with primitive bow and
arrow making, hunting or archery. They also have a bowyer's help line, network
exchange of tips and information and opportunities to trade hunts. Subscription
price is $16 per year. Canada $24, Foreign $31. Published quarterly.
The Caretaker Gazette, 1845 NW
Deane St., Pullman, WA 99163-3509, Phone/FAX: (509) 332-0806, E-mail:
[email protected]
Here is an idea worth considering. How would you like to have your housing
provided by a landowner and live rent-free with no mortgage obligations? It is
possible as a property caretaker. There is an increased demand for property
caretakers across the U.S. watching over someoneís property in their absence
and in some cases on nature retreats, ecological preserves, camps, national and
state forests. Thea Dunn is doing a great service and has researched this field
and has began a publication called The Caretaker Gazette. If you are interested,
this newsletter is worth receiving. Subscription Price: $15.00 (6 months, 3
issues), $24.00 (1 year, 6 issues), $44.00 2 years, 12 issues).
The Cast,
7273 Hamburg Rd., Brighton, MI 48116, Phone: (810) 231-2314
Recently, Lou Becker, Ron Rappaport, George Hedgepeth and Jim Gilligan organized
a group called the Michigan Atlatl Association, They have a great newsletter to
offer that will keep you informed about the many atlatl and primitive skills
events going on in the Great Lakes area. Lou Becker had the idea of starting an
atlatl association in Michigan and they already are planning a boar hunt and
some patches with their great looking logo on them. They will be networking with
many other groups like TRlBE. It's great to see people getting together and
networking, so we can support one another. If you're Interested in joining send
$10.00 dues to: Lou Becker, President, 5940 Urban Dr., East China, MI 48054,
Phone: (810) 765-4623.
The C.R.O.W. Call,
P.O. Box 187, Bogota, NJ 07603, Phone: (201) 48& 0446
The quarterly newsletter for Children Respecting Our World, A fine newsletter
that deals with many environmental issues and just general respect for the
earth. They are also an organization that teaches primitive skills and holds an
annual rendezvous. Well written and entertaining. Subscription Price is $10.00
per year.
The Food Insects Newsletter,
Florence V. Dunkel, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Editor, Dept. of Entomology,
Room 324, Leon Johnson Hall, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717-0302,
U.S.A. Phone: (406) 994-5065. FAX: (406) 994-6029. E-mail:[email protected]
This is the first newsletter Iíve ever seen dedicated to eating insects! That
ís right, I said, eating insects. Great newsletter that contains recipes on
preparing insects as food like Hot Mealworm Appetizers, Mealworm Cookies,
Mealworm Canapes, Marinated Termite Queens, Bee Larvae Dip, Chocolate Covered
Crickets, Locust Brochettes. Makes me hungry! They actually sponsor insect
tasting feasts for the public. The newsletter comes out March, July and November
and costs $5.00 per year (Back issues: $1.50).
The Flintknapperís Exchange,
278 W. 8th St., Peru, IN 46970
A clearinghouse for knappers. Bi-monthly newsletter. Subscription Rate: $12.00
per year.
The Wild Foods Forum,
P.O. Box 61413, Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Wonderful bi-monthly newsletter dealing with wild, edible and medicinal plants.
Articles, recipes, resources and reviews. Vickie Shufer is the Editor and she
and her staff do a great job. You will definitely want to check this one out.
Sample copy: $2.00. Annual Subscription: $15.00. International: $16.50.
Wilderness Way, P.O. Box 209,
Lufkin, TX 75902-0203, Phone: (409) 632-8746
Internet Home Page:
http://www.pioneerpc.com/wildernessway/
Steve started Primitive Archer magazine, and now also publishes this magazine
with articles on many primitive skills. He is also attempting to support it with
subscriptions alone so that display ads will not dominate article space and
offer free advertising in back to subscribers. Subscription Price: $18.00 (U.S.,
Domestic), $39.00 (Canada), $49.00 (Foreign)
Countryside
Magazine Great articles with a current issue and
selected back issues online. Awesome self-reliance mag.
Interesting
& Unusual News Sources
Banned
Books On-line Awesome collection of mostly "Not-So-Bad"
books that have been banned for one (usually political or religious) reason or
another.
Home Power Magazine
Online "The Hands-On Journal of Home-Made Power", Current
Issue Available for FREE download, plus other useful files at:
http://www.homepower.com/
(Print Issue/Books/CD's see review section above)
Patriarch
Magazine "Equipping men to be godly leaders
in family, church & society."
The
Old Farmer’s Almanac. That’s right! The same one we all browse
through in the check-out stands! Lots of great articles and all the standard
fare. Also has an archive!
Native
American Lore. Truly awesome, fascinating collection of Native
American lore (tales) from numerous tribes. 131 tales, at last count. Check it
out for some great reading!!
PRE-TRIBULATION
PLANNING FOR A POST-TRIBULATION RAPTURE, by John. This is primarily
a very lengthy Christian/Rapture/Tribulation text, but section four contains
some pretty decent info on sites, systems, food & water. You’ll have to
make your own distinctions on the rest of it. Nice thing: Each of the sections
can be downloaded and saved independently.
Christian
Guide to Small Arms. The Christian's Guide to Small Arms is an
electronic book which makes biblical, constitutional, and historical argument
that it is not only the right, but in fact, the duty of Christians to
be armed. Unique. Haven’t read it yet, but the TOC is interesting and it’s
available for on-line perusal or download.
Rural
Heritage: A bimonthly e-zine that asks for a subscription. Seems
like a lot of good info, some of which can be had for free simply by visiting
the site and snooping around. Not too much for non-subscribers, but still worth
an occasional visit. Very nice presentation.
"Across
the Plains in 1844" by Catherine Sager Pringle (c. 1860):
Contents - Chapter I - On the Plains in 1844; Chapter II - Waiilatpu Massacre,
1847; Chapter III - In Captivity
"Across
the Rockies to the Columbia" by John Kirk Townsend. When
Nathaniel Wyeth led his second expedition to the Rocky Mountains and the
Columbia in 1834, he was accompanied by a young ornithologist, John Kirk
Townsend. Townsend. Their journey took the naturalists to Independence, MO,
where they joined Wyeth's party. From there, they proceeded west over what was
to become the Oregon Trail, to the trapper's Rendezvous on Ham's Fork of the
Green River. Continuing west, the party established Fort Hall, near what is now
Pocatello, ID. Thence onward to Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia. Townsend
published this narrative of his journey in 1839.
"The
Adirondacks or: Life in the Woods" by Joel Tyler Headley.
1853. Irritating ".gif " pages - all 316 of them. Interesting book
should be reproduced in h-text.
"Adobe
days" being the truthful narrative of the events in the life of a
California girl on a sheep ranch and in El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los
Angeles while it was yet a small and humble town; together with an account of
how three young men from Maine in eighteen hundred and fifty-three drove sheep
and cattle across the plains, mountains and deserts from Illinois to the Pacific
coast; and the strange prophecy of Admiral Thatcher about San Pedro harbor, by
Sarah Bixby-Smith.
"The
adventures of a forty-niner." An historic description of
California, with events and ideas of San Francisco and its people in those early
days. By Daniel Knower.
"The
Age of Reason" by Thomas Paine. Starts with the editor’s
preface, hyperlinks to part one & two.
"Alchemy: The
Quest for the Philosopher’s Stone" A neat little
illustrated storybook.
"Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll. The Millennium
Fulcrum Edition 3.0. With illustrations by Tenniel
"Alice's
Adventures Underground" By Lewis Carroll. With illustrations
by the author.
"Colloquia
Concerning Men, Manners, and Things" by Desiderius Erasmus
& Translated into English by N. Bailey, London, 1725. Interesting
contemporary views from the 18th century.
"Allen
and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges" by
Joseph Henry Allen and James Bradstreet Greenough - learn latin.
"The
American" by Henry James, 1877
"American
big game in its haunts; the book of the Boone and Crockett club."
Editor: George Bird Grinnell
"The
Amateur Cracksman" by E. W. Hornung.
"American
Notes" by Charles Dickens.
"American
Notes" by Rudyard Kipling . It is hardly fair to Mr. Kipling
to call "American Notes" first impressions, for one reading them will
readily see that the impressions are superficial, little thought being put upon
the writing. They seem supersarcastic, and would lead one to believe that Mr.
Kipling is antagonistic to America in every respect. This, however, is not true.
These "Notes" aroused much protest and severe criticism when they
appeared in 1891, and are considered so far beneath Mr. Kipling's real work that
they have been nearly suppressed and are rarely found in a list of his writings.
"Ancient
Law" by Henry Maine. 1861. Indicates some of the earliest
ideas of mankind, as they are reflected in Ancient Law, and pointing out the
relation of those ideas to modern thought.
"Angelic
Revelations -the Gospel revealed anew by Jesus" The
teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, as received through automatic writing by James
Padgett in the early years of this century. In these writings Jesus states that
Padgett is the first mortal through whom he has been able to successfully
redeliver his teachings - which he says are not accurately represented in the
present day versions of the Bible. Interesting, if nothing else.
"The
Argonauts of ‘49" David Leeper (1832-1900) left South
Bend, Indiana, for an overland trip to the California gold fields in February
1849. The argonauts of forty-nine (1894) details Leeper's journey west and his
life in California, 1849-1854: prospecting at Redding's Diggings, Hangtown, and
the Trinity River; lumbering around Eureka; and early Sacramento and Humboldt
Bay. Leeper shows special interest in the Digger Indians, illustrating the book
with sketches of tribal garb in his personal collection.
"Around
The Horn In ‘49" Around the Horn in '49 (1898) can be
divided into two sections. The first and longer section reprints the text of a
journal kept on board the Henry Lee and set in type by Hall during the voyage,
February-September 1849. The second section is an appendix that continues the
story of the company in the gold fields, 1849-1850, with prospecting around
Weaverville and other camps.
"Around
the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne
"Autobiography
of a Common Man" by Milton Beach.
"The
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" by Benjamin Franklin
A
compendium of social innovations- The latest ideas and
award-winning schemes from the Institute for Social Inventions. Some of the
weirdest ideas in the history of man. See it to believe it. These people may
someday run the world.
"Beyond
the Rockies (1894)" recounts Charles Augustus Stoddard’s
train trip to California with his wife in early 1893. Their route through the
south allowed for stopovers in New Orleans, San Antonio, El Paso, and an Indian
Bureau school near Tucson. The Stoddards visit California from south to north,
including Coronado Beach, Pasadena, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and the missions,
Yosemite, the redwood forests, Hetch-Hetchy Valley, the Santa Clara Valley, San
Francisco, and Sacramento. Eastward bound, he describes stopovers in Salt Lake
City, Leadville, Colorado Springs, Manitou, and Denver, and the Chicago World's
Fair.
"The
Searchable Bible"
The
Egyptian Book of the Dead - The Papyrus of Ani Translated by Sir
E.A. Wallis Budge
"Bound
for Sacramento" by Carl Meyer, a German-speaking Swiss who
traveled to California in 1849. Bound for Sacramento (1938) is the English
translation of Nach dem Sacramento, published in the Swiss town of Aarau in
1855. Meyer begins with his 1849 voyage from New Orleans, continuing with tales
of the Mariposa and Trinidad gold mines, Stockton, San Francisco, Sacramento,
and Mormon Island.
A
Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of V I R G I N I A by
THOMAS HARIOT.
The
Buffalo Harvest by Frank H. Mayer with Charles B. Roth
"California,
1849-1913" Lell Hawley Woolley (b. 1825) left the Green
Mountains of Vermont to cross the plains in a mule train to California in 1849.
There he tried gold mining in Weaverville and Beal's Bar and hotelkeeping in
Grass Valley before his marriage and the responsibilities of a home and family
took him to San Francisco. There he went into business and was active in the
Vigilance Committee of 1856. California, 1849-1913 (1913) offers anecdotes of
these adventures as well as brief notes on San Francisco personalities and
business life in the 1850s and 1860s, with some references to later decades.
"California,
in-doors and out; or, How we farm, mine, and live generally in the Golden
State." By Eliza W. Farnham. During her three years as
matron of the Female Prison at Sing Sing, 1844-1848, Eliza Burhans Farnham
(1815-1864) tried to institute reforms based on phrenology. Discharged from the
post, she soon learned that her lawyer-husband had died in California, leaving
her with affairs to settle there. Farnham set about organizing a pioneer party
of single, educated women to join her in the voyage round the Horn. California,
in-doors and out (1856) opens with a description of her harrowing voyage round
the Horn in 1849. In 1850 Farnham and her children moved to El Rancho La
Libertad, the Santa Cruz farm left to her by her husband. She describes her
experiences as a farmer, the position of women in California, mining life, the
history of the Donner Expedition based on interviews with survivors, and the
1856 San Francisco Vigilance Committee.
"California
'46 to '88." By Jacob Wright Harlan. Jacob Wright Harlan (b.
1828) grew up in Indiana and moved to Michigan where he joined an uncle who
organized a wagon train to California in 1845. California '46 to '88 (1888)
contains Harlan's memories of his overland journey to California in 1846,
acquaintance with rescuers and survivors of the Reid and Donner Parties, Frémont's
battalion in 1846-1847, San Francisco milk and livery businesses, storekeeping
in gold camps near Coloma and Sonora, farming and ranching in and near San José,
San Joaquín Valley, Alameda, and Choloma Valley. He then recalls his second
overland trip to California, 1853, as part of cattle drive and real estate
development in San Leandro.
"California
all the way back to 1828. By Michael C. White. Written by Thomas
Savage for the Bancroft Library, 1877. Englishman Michael White (1801-1885) went
to sea and was left ashore at San José del Cabo in 1817. He made California his
home thereafter, becoming known to many as "Miguel Blanco." Once he
left the sea, he still traveled widely and was a pioneer settler on Catalina
Island and in modern San Marino. California all the way back to 1828 (1956) is a
modern edition of reminiscences White dictated in 1877 to researchers working
for Hubert Howe Bancroft, the great California historian. White recalls his
boyhood at sea and his later adventures taking vessels between Mexico and
California. His reminiscences picture San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and San
Pedro in the 1820s and 1830s and a journey to New Mexico in 1839. Settling in
southern California at his San Isidro ranch near Mission San Gabriel, White
becomes involved in the revolt against Micheltorena in 1844-1845.
"California
as I saw it"; pencillings by the way of its gold and gold diggers, and
incidents of travel by land and water. With five letters from the Isthmus
by W.H. Hecox. Edited by Dale L. Morgan. Dr. William S. McCollum
(1807/1808-1882) was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in Niagara County, New
York. He went to California in 1849, returned to New York the following year and
then paid a second visit to California as a physician for the Panama Railroad
Company. California as I saw it (1960) reprints McCollum's 1850 book describing
his first visit to the West: San Francisco in 1849, a journey to Stockton and
the Southern Mines and to Sacramento and the Northern Mines, prospecting near
Jacksonville, and medical practice in Stockton and San Francisco. After
describing his return voyage east via Panama, McCollum closes with advice and
reflections on the law of the mines, Native Americans, the life of women in
California, etc. The book's Appendix include letters written from Panama by H.W.
Hecox, McCollum's fellow passenger on the voyage to the Isthmus, February-March
1849. Hecox was so disheartened by his wait for passage to California that he
returned to the United States without ever seeing the Pacific Ocean.
"THE
CENTURY OF INVENTIONS," 1655; by Edward Somerset, Marquis of
Worcester. Being a verbatim reprint of the 1st ed., published in 1663. With an
introduction & commentary by Henry Dirks, ESQ., Civil Engineer, author of
"Perpetuum Mobile, or History of the Search After Self-Motive Power;"
also inventor of the "Dirksian Phantasmagoria" producing the optical
illusions popularly called "the Ghost."
REMINISCENCES
OF WILLIAM DARNELL by GEORGE A. ROOT. These reminiscences embody
much family history, besides the Indian and pioneer sketches, ranging from North
Carolina, in Revolutionary War times, to Illinois before and after the Black
Hawk War to 1855, together with the account of the trip of his parents and
family by ox team to Kansas Territory, and their experiences in establishing a
home on the frontier.
"All
About The Oregon Trail" contains chapters: • Introduction to
the Oregon Trail • Discoverers and Explorers • "Jumping off" •
The Route West • Power • Hardships • Camping • Buffalo • Native
Americans • Conclusions. Easy read, good info on the hardships and
peculiarities of pioneering.
"Old
Settler’s Tales" HISTORICAL & BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF
THE EARLY SETTLEMENT AND SETTLERS OF NORTHEASTERN POTTAWATOMIE AND SOUTHWESTERN
NEMAHA COUNTIES, KANSAS, From Earliest Settlement To The Year 1877. BY F. F.
CREVECOEUR.
Tucker
Diary 1857-59. Diary contains much interesting info on the trip
from Beloit, Wisc. To Kansas, and the first year or so of their arrival.
Recollections
of Pioneer Life. Nancy "Mary Ann" Davis Wisner. Quite
interesting account covers period 1850-1900.
Reminiscence,
By E. T. McFarland. A personal observation of the settlement of the county, this
account is a wonderfully interesting pioneer narrative of Kansas history.
(c.1865+)
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