Prentice Mulford: Life by Land and Sea, The Californian's Return - Twenty Years From Home (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Sea voyages, a Californian's return, New Thought & Law of AttractionBy Prentice Mulford
Length10h 10m
About this audiobook
Prentice Mulford: Life by Land and Sea, The Californian's Return - Twenty Years From Home gathers autobiographical and reflective sketches that move between maritime adventure, frontier experience, and the estranging spectacle of returning to one's origins after long absence. Written in a brisk, observant, often wryly humorous prose, the book belongs to the nineteenth-century American tradition of travel narrative and personal reminiscence, yet it also anticipates the inward-looking essays for which Mulford later became known. Its California episodes and homecoming reflections illuminate the restlessness, mobility, and self-fashioning central to post-Gold Rush American literature. Mulford himself was unusually fitted to write such a work. Born in Sag Harbor, New York, he went to sea as a youth, joined the California Gold Rush, and spent years as a miner, lecturer, journalist, and essayist in the West. These experiences gave him both the anecdotal richness of a wanderer and the philosophical temperament of a social observer. His later prominence in New Thought circles is already suggested here in his attention to perception, renewal, and the formative power of experience. This volume is recommended to readers interested in American autobiography, California history, seafaring literature, and the intellectual roots of New Thought. It offers not merely adventure, but a thoughtful record of how place, memory, and distance reshape identity.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length10 hrs 10 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 25, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5Prentice Mulford: Life by Land and Sea, The Californian’s Return - Twenty Years From Home & Other Autobiographical Works (pt. 1)
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6Prentice Mulford: Life by Land and Sea, The Californian’s Return - Twenty Years From Home & Other Autobiographical Works (pt. 2)
7Prentice Mulford: Life by Land and Sea, The Californian’s Return - Twenty Years From Home & Other Autobiographical Works (pt. 3)
8Prentice Mulford: Life by Land and Sea, The Californian’s Return - Twenty Years From Home & Other Autobiographical Works (pt. 4)
9Analysis
10Reflection
11Memorable Quotes
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