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Book/Printed Material California: for health, pleasure, and residence. A book for travellers and settlers.

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Title

  • California: for health, pleasure, and residence. A book for travellers and settlers.

Summary

  • Charles Nordhoff (1830-1901) and his family came to America from Prussia when he was a boy and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio. Winning a reputation as a journalist and writer on the sea, Nordhoff was managing editor of the New York Evening Post, 1861-1871. He spent 1872-1873 travelling to California and Hawaii, and returned east to become the Washington correspondent of the New York Herald. He continued to visit California frequently and spent his last years in Coronado. California: for health, pleasure and residence (1873) was an extremely popular guidebook that persuaded many to settle in California. It opens with descriptions of the various routes available to the traveller to California and the visitor to Yosemite. Next come suggested points of interest; California agriculture (with hints to prospective settlers); and notes on the Southern California climate.

Names

  • Nordhoff, Charles, 1830-1901.

Created / Published

  • New York, Harper & brothers, 1873.

Headings

  • -  California--Description and travel
  • -  Urbanization--California
  • -  Real estate development--California
  • -  Agriculture--California
  • -  Business--California

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Medium

  • 2 p.l., [11]-255 p. incl. illus., pl., maps., front. (map) 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F866 .N825
  • F866 .N825 Copy 2 Copy 2.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 14022123

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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"California as I Saw It:" First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900.

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Chicago citation style:

Nordhoff, Charles. California: for health, pleasure, and residence. A book for travellers and settlers. New York, Harper & brothers, 1873. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/14022123/.

APA citation style:

Nordhoff, C. (1873) California: for health, pleasure, and residence. A book for travellers and settlers. New York, Harper & brothers. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/14022123/.

MLA citation style:

Nordhoff, Charles. California: for health, pleasure, and residence. A book for travellers and settlers. New York, Harper & brothers, 1873. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/14022123/>.