Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents XI
3. List of Illustrations XIII
4. Foreword XV
5. Preface XIX
6. I. New Jersey Boyhood 1
7. II. Apprenticeship in Philadelphia 14
8. III. Go West, Young Man 29
9. IV. A Meeting with Lincoln 46
10. V. Lexington: A Visit Home 61
11. VI. Crowded Out of Lexington 80
12. VII. A Tough Frontier Town 92
13. VIII. Ostracism and Murder 111
14. IX. Steamboating on the Osage 123
15. X. Merchants, Soldiers, Gamblers 139
16. XI. Boat and Fortune Wrecked 156
17. XII. Gold Fever 171
18. XIII. Across the Plains 184
19. XIV. Pueblo to Santa Fe 200
20. XV. In New Mexico 214
21. XVI. Over the Continental Divide 228
22. XVII.The American Desert 249
23. XVIII. California and Gold 268
24. XIX. Prospecting and Digging 287
25. XX. A Northward Journey 302
26. XXI. On the Trinity River 316
27. XXII. The Rancho of the Angels 329
28. XXIII. The Great Flood 346
29. XXIV. Sacramento and San Francisco 360
30. XXV. End of the Odyssey 377
31. Conclusion 390
32. Index 395