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Uncle Sam's camels : the journal of May Humphreys Stacey supplemented by the report of Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1857-1858)

Title
Uncle Sam's camels : the journal of May Humphreys Stacey supplemented by the report of Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1857-1858) / edited by Lewis Burt Lesley.
Author
Stacey, May Humphreys, 1837-1886
Publication
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 1929.

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Additional Authors
  • Lesley, Lewis Burt
  • Beale, Edward Fitzgerald, 1822-1893.
Description
6 p. l., 3-298 p. plates, 2 port. (incl. front.) fold map.; 25 cm.
Summary
The story of the first and last expedition of the "Camel Brigade" headed by Edward Fitzgerald Beale from San Antonio to Bakersfield in the late 1850's.
Subject
  • Beale, Edward Fitzgerald, 1822-1893 > Travel
  • Beale, Edward Fitzgerald, 1822-1893
  • Discoveries in geography > American
  • Camels
  • Roads > Southwest, New
  • Discoveries in geography
  • Roads
  • Travel
  • Southwest, New > Description and travel
  • United States > Discovery and exploration
  • New Southwest
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 285-289.
Contents
Organization of the "Camel Brigade" -- The Journal of May Humphreys Stacey, supplemented by selections from the Report of Edward Fitzgerald Beale -- The Camel Dispersion -- Appendix: The Report of Edward Fitzgerald Beale to the Secretary of War concerning the Wagon Road from Fort Defiance to the Colorado River, April 26, 1858 (35th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Executive Document, Number 124) -- Bibliography. Books ; Magazine Articles ; Government Documents ; Newspapers -- Index.
LCCN
29028350
OCLC
  • ocm02220953
  • 2220953
  • SCSB-597754
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library