Narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River John K Townsend 9781117941462 Books
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Narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River John K Townsend 9781117941462 Books
I was disappointed when I received this that the two chapters about his trip to Hawaii had been omitted. I believe the Univ. of Oregon reprint includes them. I read them in a free PDF I downloaded some time after I finished reading the main text.This travelogue is great because it is from the viewpoint of an artist and naturalist and not a fur trader, as so many of the other books from this era and area are. Townsend is quite a judgemental prig, though, all too ready to put down the heathen Indians. This is irritating but it can be overlooked, especially when the rest of the text is so nice to read.
I took one "star" off the rating because of the Hawaii omission.
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Narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River John K Townsend 9781117941462 Books Reviews
Townsend's journal of traveling across the plains and mountains to the Pacific in 1834 is not only an enjoyable read depicting life as such, but also an important historical narrative on names and events of the day.
An accomplished ornithologist, Townsend accompanied Nathaniel Wyeth and his seventy-man caravan of goods to the 1834 rendezvous and eventually established Ft. Hall in Idaho. Also in this expedition was the famous botanist Thomas Nuttall.
The author is very descriptive and expressive of everything around him from geography; the natural world; Indian encounters, along with their living conditions and cultures, to the livelihood of being on the trail and surviving day to day. He is meticulous and energetic in his writing.
An adventurous read and valuable to western history.
I felt that the author was being very honest with his feelings about the natives he met on his trip across the West. This gives the reader of what the Indians we like during the early exploration of the western part of what would become part of the U.S.
I was disappointed when I received this that the two chapters about his trip to Hawaii had been omitted. I believe the Univ. of Oregon reprint includes them. I read them in a free PDF I downloaded some time after I finished reading the main text.
This travelogue is great because it is from the viewpoint of an artist and naturalist and not a fur trader, as so many of the other books from this era and area are. Townsend is quite a judgemental prig, though, all too ready to put down the heathen Indians. This is irritating but it can be overlooked, especially when the rest of the text is so nice to read.
I took one "star" off the rating because of the Hawaii omission.
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