Collected Works of Fitz Hugh Ludlow, Volume 2
The Heart of the Continent: A Record of Travel Across the Plains and in Oregon, with an Examination of the Mormon Principle
Published on 26. November 2017
Book
Hardback
634 pages
978-0-9966394-4-6 (ISBN)
Description
The Heart of the Continent is an up close, gritty and personal view, via the Overland Stagecoach, of the American West on the cusp of its full settlement and exploitation. Ludlow brought back the first shocking tales of "free love" in the new Mormon Zion of Utah, and unnerving views of lynchings, Indian massacres across the lawless West.
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Language
English
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
1080 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9966394-4-6 (9780996639446)
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Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836-1870) was an American writer of travelogues, short stories, novels, art criticism, science and drug literature related to hashish and opium cures. He is mostly known for The Hasheesh Eater and Across the Continent, his description of and Overland Stage journey with the painter Albert Bierstadt. His friends and acquaintances ranged from Mark Twain to Brigham Young to Walt Whitman, and he was an integral part of the creation of the Bohemian scene in New York City.