Author: Josiah Gregg
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1926
Total Pages: 392
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Josiah A. Gregg
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Published: 2009-10
Total Pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9781409989585
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Josiah Gregg (1806-1850) was a merchant, explorer, naturalist, and author of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico. He had training in both law and medicine, and practiced both with distinction. He is most famous for his book Commerce of the Prairies, which came out in two volumes in 1844. It was an account of his time spent as a trader on the Santa Fe Trail before the Mexican-American War. The Book established Gregg's literary reputation, and he was hired as a news correspondent during the Mexican War. After the war, he participated in the California Gold Rush.
Author: Josiah Gregg
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Published: 1844
Total Pages: 342
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Dr. Josiah Gregg joined with the traders on this Trail and spent the next ten years in the same territory. This is his account of those years and of those intrepid American traders who made the hazardous journeys across the Trail that spanned from Independence, Missouri, into country that eventually became Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico.
Author: Josiah Gregg
Publisher:
Published: 2013-10
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9781258850319
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a new release of the original 1933 edition.
Author: Matt White
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 1603445560
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Matt White's connections with both prairie plants and prairie people are evident in the stories of discovery and inspiration he tells as he tracks the ever dwindling parcels of tallgrass prairie in northeast Texas. In his search, he stumbles upon some unexpected fragments of virgin land, as well as some remarkable tales of both destruction and stewardship.
Author: Josiah Gregg
Publisher: Applewood Books
Published: 2010-09
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 1429045299
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Gregg's book Commerce of the Prairies, published in two volumes in 1844, was an account of his time spent as a trader on the Santa Fe Trail from 1831 to 1840 and includes commentary on the geography, botany, geology, and culture of New Mexico. Gregg wrote about local people and described Indian culture and artifacts. Volume 2 of 2.