Browne, J. Ross (John Ross) 1821-1875

Adventures in the Apache country : a tour through Arizona and Sonora : with notes on the silver regions of Nevada by J. Ross Browne( Book )

46 editions published between 1868 and 1975 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,268 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This comprehensive work describes many aspects of 19th century Arizona, including the mining and silver regions, the adventures to be had there as well as descriptions of the Native Americans from an American perspective from traveler and writer, J. Ross Browne

Report of the debates in the Convention of California, on the formation of the state constitution, in September and October, 1849 by California( Book )

53 editions published between 1850 and 2015 in English and Spanish and held by 1,047 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

John Ross Browne (1817-1875) of Kentucky, the official reporter for the California State Constitutional Convention of September-October 1849, came to California in 1849 as an employee of the government revenue service. He traveled widely in the next two decades before settling down in Oakland. Report of the debates of the Convention of California (1850) comprises the official records of the convention. Browne had been a shorthand reporter for the U.S. Senate before coming west, and he provides transcripts of the proclamation calling the convention, proceedings of the convention, text of the state constitution adopted by the delegates, and official correspondence regarding the convention and the institution of state government under that constitution

Crusoe's island: : a ramble in the footsteps of Alexander Selkirk. : With sketches of adventure in California and Washoe. by J. Ross Browne( Book )

35 editions published between 1864 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 592 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

John Ross Browne (1817-1875) of Kentucky, the official reporter for the California State Constitutional Convention of 1849, came to California in 1849 as an employee of the government revenue service. He traveled widely in the next two decades, including a stay in China as U.S. minister, before settling down in Oakland in 1870. Crusoe's island (1864) contains four short works: (1) Crusoe's island, an account of his visits to Juan Fernandez, the island off the Chilean coast where Alexander Selkirk's experiences are supposed to have been the basis of Defoe's Robinson Crusoe; (2) A dangerous journey, an account of Browne's 1849 journey by horseback from San Francisco to San Luis Obispo; (3) Observations in office, which summarizes his experiences as a functionary of the Treasury Department sent to the Pacific Coast in 1858 to examine customs houses, with chapters on a controversy in Port Townsend, Washington, concerning the sale of liquor to Native Americans and on the exploitation of Native Americans in California; and (4) A peep at Washoe, inspired by the latest "rush," that for gold in the Washoe region of the Sierra Nevada, including Browne's reflections on mining fevers and his recollections of his own travels through Nevada and California mining districts

Resources of the Pacific slope : a statistical and descriptive summary of the mines and minerals, climate, topography, agriculture, commerce, manufactures, and miscellaneous productions, of the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains : with a sketch of the settlement and exploration of Lower California by J. Ross Browne( )

30 editions published between 1868 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 523 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Etchings of a whaling cruise by J. Ross Browne( Book )

16 editions published between 1967 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 505 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This first-person account of life onboard a whale ship includes numerous illustrations of the journey, whale hunting and whaling implements. This volume provides valuable insight to the lives of whalemen of the mid-18th century

The land of Thor by J. Ross Browne( )

39 editions published between 1867 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 379 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

I landed at St. Petersburg with a knapsack on my back and a hundred dollars in my pocket. An extensive tour along the borders of the Arctic Circle was before me, and it was necessary I should husband my resources. I landed at St. Petersburg with a knapsack on my back and a hundred dollars in my pocket. An extensive tour along the borders of the Arctic Circle was before me, and it was necessary I should husband my resources

Report of J. Ross Browne on the mineral resources of the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains by J. Ross Browne( Book )

24 editions published between 1867 and 2000 in English and held by 346 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Yusef; or, The journey of the Frangi: a crusade in the East by J. Ross Browne( )

25 editions published between 1853 and 2000 in English and held by 344 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Etchings of a whaling cruise, with notes of a sojourn on the island of Zanzibar. To which is appended a brief history of the whale fishery by J. Ross Browne( Book )

9 editions published between 1846 and 2015 in English and held by 294 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An American family in Germany by J. Ross Browne( )

19 editions published between 1866 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 293 WorldCat member libraries worldwide