{"product_id":"travels-in-mexico-and-california-a-b-clarke-9781585440801","title":"Travels in Mexico and California","description":"The glitter of gold attracted perhaps three hundred thousand people to California in the decade after 1848, including A. B. Clarke, an adventurous former schoolteacher and entrepreneur who took the less traveled path to California--through northern Mexico and the southwestern deserts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClarke took daily notes of his journey. Printed in 1852, Clarke's journal describes in unpretentious prose the features of the land and people he passed. The outbreak of cholera and fear in Brownsville and the adobe huts and Mexican fortresses, Clarke sketches with ease. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClarke went West to seek a suitable site for a general store. He found such a place in Marysville and went into business. In 1851, while he was in Massachusetts on some business, a fire destroyed the town's business district, including his store. Clarke never went West again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether, Clarke's journal and Anne Perry's notes provide an interesting look, from first-hand and analytical perspectives, at an important period in the West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. B. Clarke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1585440809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781585440801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.05h x 6.08w x 0.46d","brand":"A. B. Clarke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439787094271,"sku":"9781585440801","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6485c448-acb8-4f53-85e3-406ed4e26cf7.jpg?v=1777179267","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/travels-in-mexico-and-california-a-b-clarke-9781585440801","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}