Archive for February, 2010

Notes on New York, San Francisco, and Old Mexico

February 12th, 2010

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A diary originally published in the Wakefield (KS?) Herald. Cranky observations on liquor laws, dining habits, and service. The trip west is mostly done by train, with less commentary on places gone than service on the train. P. 84: “Nature seems to have chosen California as a safety valve for all the nasty tasting water she could not provide for elsewhere.”… More >>

Notes on New York, San Francisco, and Old Mexico

Meksika – Putevoditel’ / Mexico – travel guide

February 10th, 2010

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# Istoricheskij obzor
# Kul’tura vchera i segodnja
# Tekila
# Razmewenie
# Transport
# Prakticheskie sovety
+mini-razgovornik…. More >>

Meksika – Putevoditel’ / Mexico – travel guide

New Trails in Mexico: Travels Among the Papago, Pima and Cocopa Indians.

February 6th, 2010

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FROM THE PUBLISHER: First described for an Eastern readership the landscape, vegetation, animal life, and cultures found there, and has become a classic of desert exploration. Subtitled An account of one year’s exploration in north-western Sonora, Mexico, and south-western Arizona, 1909-1910. This is the Reo Grande reprint of the 1912 Scribner’s classic… More >>

New Trails in Mexico: Travels Among the Papago, Pima and Cocopa Indians.