Just finished it. It was a decent read--nice bits and pieces of history in there and overall well written. The earlier chapters are the best there, full of unexpected bits--I love the advice for stagecoach travelers--and odd insights.
Not as lively as, say Orphans Preferred, and I have a hardish time seeing on company as central to the US development, but I still suggest checking it out of the library and giving it a read.
Showing posts with label Stagecoach: Wells Fargo and the American West. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stagecoach: Wells Fargo and the American West. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Another Bit from the American West
I just started Stagecoach: Wells Fargo and the American West. So far, it's pretty good. One bit in particular caught my attention. Traveling to San Francisco, William Tecumseh Sherman caught a boat which ran aground on a reef. Wading ashore he found a lumber boat to take him the rest of the way. It capsized.
"Satisfied that she could not sink by reason of her cargo," he wrote, "I was not in the least alarmed, but thought two shipwrecks in one day not a good beginning for a new, peaceful career" (Fradkin, 20).
"Satisfied that she could not sink by reason of her cargo," he wrote, "I was not in the least alarmed, but thought two shipwrecks in one day not a good beginning for a new, peaceful career" (Fradkin, 20).
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