From Lead Mines to Gold Fields: Memories of an Incredibly Long LifeU of Nebraska Press, 2015 - 230 頁 Henry Taylor's long life (1825-1931) gave him an unusual perspective on change in American society. During his lifetime, the West was largely settled. America fought wars with Mexico and Spain, was nearly torn apart by a civil conflict, and then joined allies across the sea in World War I. Inventions proliferated (trains, cars, airplanes, to name a few), and twenty-six presidents served in office. Taylor's life also exemplifies the mobile American lifestyle. His family moved several times before he left the lead mines of Wisconsin for the gold fields of California during the early 1850s. Taylor's account of his journey across the western continent in search of fortune provides an arresting and detailed look at the dangers of the trail. His account of his move to western Nebraska in 1878 offers insight into the problems and successes of the early homesteaders and settlers. The latter portions of the autobiography concern his later travels and his reflections on his long life. With wit and a keen sense of character, Taylor began to record his life story when he was 80 and completed it at the age of 103. Donald L. Parman has organized and annotated Taylor's story, supplying an introduction and information on people, places, and events in the text. |
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... brother Thomas worked a summer in the lead mines in Wisconsin, the entire family took up residence in Grant County ... brothers, Edward and Thomas, in an overland journey to California in 1852. Clearly the trip to California, Taylor's ...
... brother Thomas worked a summer in the lead mines in Wisconsin, the entire family took up residence in Grant County ... brothers, Edward and Thomas, in an overland journey to California in 1852. Clearly the trip to California, Taylor's ...
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... development that took place in the transMississippi West from the time that he and his brothers traveled to California in 1852 until he twice journeyed to the West Coast in his old age. Taylor's long life also gave him.
... development that took place in the transMississippi West from the time that he and his brothers traveled to California in 1852 until he twice journeyed to the West Coast in his old age. Taylor's long life also gave him.
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... brother, Edward, from the veterans' home in Los Angeles and his own trip to San Francisco shortly after the 1906 earthquake. Also, he dictated the passage that I entitle “Reflections of a Centenarian,” which brings his life story to ...
... brother, Edward, from the veterans' home in Los Angeles and his own trip to San Francisco shortly after the 1906 earthquake. Also, he dictated the passage that I entitle “Reflections of a Centenarian,” which brings his life story to ...
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... brothers faced. The gaps and omissions that I encountered in the autobiography sometimes frustrated me. Taylor, for ... brother Edward came to live with him until Henry updated the autobiography in 1924. I tried to reconstruct some of ...
... brothers faced. The gaps and omissions that I encountered in the autobiography sometimes frustrated me. Taylor, for ... brother Edward came to live with him until Henry updated the autobiography in 1924. I tried to reconstruct some of ...
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... brothers, Henry and Thomas, even though the Taylors had saved them many days in fording streams. Another example is the water company at Nelson Creek in northern California that twice sent logs downstream in attempts to destroy Henry ...
... brothers, Henry and Thomas, even though the Taylors had saved them many days in fording streams. Another example is the water company at Nelson Creek in northern California that twice sent logs downstream in attempts to destroy Henry ...
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From Wisconsin to Fort Laramie | |
Setbacks in Wisconsin and Homesteading in Nebraska | |
Selected Bibliography | |
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