Life on the plains and among the diggings vs The adventures of a forty-niner: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Real estate development, Gold discoveries, Description and travel, Business
Life on the plains and among the diggings
Born in Aurora, New York, Alonzo Delano (1806-1874) moved on to the Midwest as a teenager. July 1848 found him a consumptive Ottawa, Illinois, storekeeper, and he joined a local California Company. He remained in the…
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The adventures of a forty-niner
“THE WRITER was practising his profession in the city of Albany, his native place, in 1848, when reports came of the discovery of gold in California.”
An Albany, New York, physician, Daniel Knower (b. ca. 1818) sailed for California in 1849 with twelve prefabricated frame houses for the San Francisco market. The adventures of a forty-niner (1894) describes Knower's…
The verdict
- The adventures of a forty-niner is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 7 for Life on the plains and among the diggings.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Life on the plains and among the diggings | The adventures of a forty-niner | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (15) | — |
Reception
| Life on the plains and among the diggings | The adventures of a forty-niner | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 15 | — |
| Editions | 16 | 16 |
| Citations | 4 | — |
| Want to read | 16 | — |
| Reading it now | 6 | — |
| Written reviews | 4 | — |
| Pages | 384 | 120 |