Troubadour on the Road to Gold

LeRoy and Jean Johnson have studied and traveled the overland trails of the American West for more than forty years. Jean is a historian of the pioneer history of Death Valley and author of Grit and Gold: The Death Valley Jayhawkers of 1849. Together they coauthored Escape from Death Valley and co-edited William Lewis Manly's Death Valley in '49.

"Troubadour on the Road to Gold will stand as one of the outstanding accounts of overland travel. All who appreciate and study the history of the American West, and specifically the experiences of those who traveled its trails, will find a wealth of information in this remarkable new publication." --Overland Journal "One of the finest, most complete, and highly detailed journals of the famous Forty-Niners ever written. Lorton is a highly intelligent, very astute observer, and at times a brilliant, sensitive, and colorful writer. The editorial comments, footnotes, bibliography, photographs, maps, and illustrations all combine to make this a remarkably thorough study. The research that went into this work is impressive." --Richard E. Bennett, Brigham Young University