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Lifetime: 1820 - 1894 Passed: ≈ 130 years ago

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Henry Vizetelly

Books by Henry Vizetelly

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California

Adventure History Memoir Non-Fiction Travel
Adventure Exploration Greed Wilderness Native Americans California Medicine Gold rush Prospectors Fur Trappers Mormons Physician

Henry Vizetelly, writing under the pseudonym J. Tyrwhitt Brooks, chronicles his experiences during a journey to California in the mid-19th century. Initially aiming to serve as a surgeon in the Mexican-American War, he finds himself joining a group o...