Crofutts Overland Tours

Author : George A. Crofutt
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330176542
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (765 download)

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Download or read book Crofutt's New Overland Tourist, and Pacific Coast Guide Over the Union, Kansas, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, Their Branches and Connections, by Rail, Water and Stage written by George A. Crofutt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Crofutt's New Overland Tourist, and Pacific Coast Guide Over the Union, Kansas, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, Their Branches and Connections, by Rail, Water and Stage Ki i A- tOlJrtlO-f. , 15th Volume 1883. i Preface. With the world as the book of nature, God as the author, and the Bible as a preface, the precedent for wiiting a preface is established; and woe be othe Scribe who ignores precedent and custom he could not live on this planet. At the present day the preface of a book is read by the public if at all in the light of an apology, wherein the author is expected to explain, first, why he did not do better, and, second, why he wrote at all. First We have spared neither time, pains nor money to make this a perfect book. Our statements are concise, plain, unadorned, and, we believe, truthful in every particular. Yet we should shudder at the charge of being absolutely perfect. Second We wrote this book for Money and Love. For money to help the poor. For love of the far western country the land of the Golden Fleece. For love of its broad plains and lofty mountains, its free pure air, healthful climate, magnificent scenery, unrivalled resources, and its unaffected, whole-souled people. We have taken the traveler with us in a chatty way on the longest trip ever attempted by any author in any guide book in the world, and have recorded a telegram of the most important facts and items of information in a trip of over 15, 000 miles by rail, steamer and stage coach. We have passed over the longest railroad line in the world, the broadest plains, the loftiest mountains, the finest agricultural and grazing lands, and the most barren deserts; we have climbeti from sunrise to eternal snow, only to glide down into perpetual summer, and the orange groves and vineyards of the Land of the Angels. We have crossed a level prairie 500 miles in width, then over the most rugged mountains, with frightful chasms almost beneath us, 2, 500 feet in depth; and through 100 miles of snow sheds and tunnels. Again, we have stood beneath a dome rising 6, 000 feet above our heads, and trees 400 feet in height, and 48 feet in diameter; nave strolled amid the redwoods, where they grow so thick that were they felled the ground would be covered to a depth of sixty feet. 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.