Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-370) and index.
Contents
Introduction : a bird of paradise -- A youthful alliance -- Ablebodied men -- Gold and guns -- Almost inaccessible to man -- Grand cold fury of the Sierra -- Mirage and blizzard -- Fever on the desert -- True ice and false summit -- An unparalleled fraud -- Pushed with the utmost vigor -- Rocky triangulation -- A grand fusion -- Epilogue.
