Early Western Travels, 1748-1846 vs Narrative of the adventures of Zenas Leonard: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Overland journeys to the Pacific, Fur trade, Indians of North America, Description and travel, United States
Early Western Travels, 1748-1846
A series of annotated reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel: descriptive of the Indians and social and economic conditions in the middle and far West, during the period of early American…
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Narrative of the adventures of Zenas Leonard
Zenas Leonard left his parents’ home in Pennsylvania in the early 1830’s to seek his fortune in the West. They did not hear from him for more than five years, and he was presumed dead. Then one day he showed up at their…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Narrative of the adventures of Zenas Leonard is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 6 for Early Western Travels, 1748-1846.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Early Western Travels, 1748-1846 | Narrative of the adventures of Zenas Leonard | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 5.0 (1) | — |
Reception
| Early Western Travels, 1748-1846 | Narrative of the adventures of Zenas Leonard | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Editions | 134 | 12 |
| Citations | — | 16 |
| Want to read | 12 | — |
| Written reviews | 1 | — |
| Pages | 369 | 87 |