William Lewis Manly

William Lewis Manly

• Birth:    April 6, 1820
  
• Death:    February 5, 1903
  
• Nationality:   American, born St Albams, Vermont
  
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• Books Written
• Vermont to California
•  Death Valley in '49
• Biography

an American pioneer of the mid-19th century. He was first a fur hunter, a guide of westward bound caravans, a seeker of gold, and then a farmer and writer in his later years.

He wrote an autobiography, first published with the title From Vermont to California, then a second edition with the title Death Valley in '49, that tells of the pioneer experience in the Far West, in particular the 1848 California Gold Rush.   From Wikipedia