George Rippey Stewart

Un devastador y desconocido virus asola la civilización; inexplicablemente, Isherwood Williams sobrevive a la plaga. A la deriva, ha de afrontar un mundo sin humanidad, de paisajes degradados y hordas de insectos y roedores. Finalmente, dará con una superviviente, con la que fundará una nueva sociedad semejante a la de los antiguos nativos norteamericanos. Único testigo del pasado, Ish nos recuerda que "los hombres van y vienen, pero la Tierra permanece".

Relates the hardships encountered by a group of pioneers travelling by covered wagon from Iowa to California in 1844.

This work includes three categories of place-name information: well-known places; repeated names which appear in many localities; and unusual names. Following each of the 12,000 entries is the name derivation, the state where pertinent and explication with historical, geographical and/or folk interpretations.

The story of rebuilding civilization after a plague nearly wipes out the human race.

George R. Stewart’s classic study of place-naming in the United States was written during World War II as a tribute to the varied heritage of the nation’s peoples. More than half a century later, Names on the Land remains the authoritative source on its subject, while Stewart’s intimate knowledge of America and love of anecdote make his book a unique and delightful window on American history and social life.

Biography of Thomes, who sailed to California and wrote on hide and tallow commerce in the 1840s. He later wrote popular adventure novels and was involved in California pioneer societies.