On Horseback: A Tour in Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee. With Notes of Travel in Mexico and CaliforniaHoughton, Mifflin, 1888 - 331 pagina's The Professor and the Friend of Humanity were about starting on a journey, across country southward, through regions about which the people of Abingdon could give little useful information. If the travelers had known the capacities and resources of the country, they would not have started without a supply train, or the establishment of bases of provisions in advance. |
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On Horseback: A Tour in Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee with Notes ... Charles Dudley Warner Volledige weergave - 1888 |
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