Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands. by Charles Nordhoff ...
Author | : Charles Nordhoff |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Library |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1875 |
ISBN-10 | : UOMDLP:ajl3484:0001.001 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands. by Charles Nordhoff ... written by Charles Nordhoff and published by University of Michigan Library. This book was released on 1875 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Nordhoff (1830-1901) was an American journalist, descriptive and miscellaneous writer. He was born in Erwitte, Germany (Prussia) in 1830, and emigrated to the USA in 1845. He was educated in Cincinnati, and was for nine years at sea, in the navy and merchant service; from 1853 to 1857 in various newspaper offices; was then employed editorially by the Harpers (1861), and for the next ten years on the staff of the New York Evening Post. From 1871 to 1873 Nordhoff travelled in California and visited Hawaii. He then became Washington correspondent of the New York Herald. His most widely known books are Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands (1874), Communistic Societies of the United States (1857) and God and the Future Life (1881).