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Justin Kaplan is the author of Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain, which was awarded a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, and of Walt Whitman: A Life, which won the American Book Award. He is a member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He lives in Cambridge,... read more

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IN 1866 PEOPLE IN A HURRY to go East from California still retraced the route of the Forty-niners.

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  1. Justin Kaplan (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1966
ISBN: 0743251393
Page Count: 432

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