Project Gutenberg 2013-05-13 Public domain in the USA. 383 Rusling, James Fowler 1834 1918 rc01001535 Across America; Or, The Great West and the Pacific Coast Produced by Douglas L. Alley, III, Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Across America; Or, The Great West and the Pacific Coast" by James Fowler Rusling is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The work details the author's extensive journey across America, specifically focusing on the exploration and inspection of military posts from Fort Leavenworth to the Pacific Coast, including his observations of the people, landscapes, and changing cultures he encounters along the way. At the start of the narrative, Rusling sets the stage for his journey with a description of his orders to inspect various military posts in the West following the Civil War. He describes the logistical aspects of his travels, including the modes of transportation, the people he travels with, and his initial impressions of the landscapes he traverses. The opening chapters cover his departure from New York, passage through multiple states, and his encounter with both settlers and Indigenous peoples, illustrating the rich and often challenging realities of the American frontier during that era. The author employs a vivid and engaging style, inviting readers into the world of 1866 America as he navigates varied terrains and unfamiliar cultures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42706/42706-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 64.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en West (U.S.) -- Description and travel Overland journeys to the Pacific Pacific States -- Description and travel F590.3 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Travel & Geography Category: Travel Writing Category: History - American 1071672 2025-06-17T09:45:11.062792 text/html 1071227 2013-05-13T11:07:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1163904 2025-06-17T09:45:31.604740 application/epub+zip 1178670 2025-06-17T09:45:16.350836 application/epub+zip 469963 2025-06-17T09:45:13.709810 application/epub+zip 1470746 2025-06-17T09:45:40.941675 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1366159 2025-06-17T09:45:27.425732 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 659429 2022-09-19T13:39:46.765816 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 925014 2025-06-17T09:45:09.140782 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 924906 2013-05-13T11:06:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 16725 2025-06-17T09:45:41.111657 application/rdf+xml 16824 2025-06-17T09:45:13.899815 image/jpeg 2848 2025-06-17T09:45:13.805840 image/jpeg 1123089 2025-06-17T09:45:11.182887 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog