J. Ross Browne lands on Juan Fernández to walk in the footsteps of Alexander Selkirk, the real Robinson Crusoe. He then turns to California, with a dangerous ride through outlaw country, comic tales of his life as a government official, the Port Townsend controversy and the Indians of California, and finally the silver mines of Washoe.
Witty, irreverent travel writing from the 1860s West; its view of Native Californians reflects its era. Download the free EPUB.