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The Journal Of William H. Brewer, Professor Of Agriculture In The
Sheffield Scientific School From 1864-1903.
In 1860 William Brewer, a young Yale-educated teacher of the
natural sciences and a recent widower, eagerly accepted an offer
from Josiah Whitney to assist in the first geological survey of the
state of California. Brewer was not a geologist, but his training
in agriculture and botany made him an invaluable member of the
team. He traveled more than fourteen thousand miles in the four
years he spent in California and spent much of his leisure time
writing lively, detailed letters to his brother back East. These
warmly affectionate letters, presented here in their entirety,
describe the new state in all its spectacular beauty and paint a
vivid picture of California in the mid-nineteenth century. This
fourth edition includes a new foreword by William Bright (1500
California Place Names) and a set of maps tracing Brewer's route.
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