Wanderer on the American Frontier

Between 1808 and 1813, John Maley covered more than 16,000 miles through thirteen present-day states. Much of that travel took him beyond the fringes of civilization, and his journal offers some of the earliest descriptions of the Ozark Plateau, the Ouachita Mountains, and the upper reaches of the Red River.

Timp de aproape doua sute de ani, un fragment din jurnalul lui John Maley, un explorator obscur la frontiera americana, a locuit la Universitatea Yale si a fost tratat cu oarecare scepticism de catre istorici. Abia in 2012, cand prima jumatate a manuscrisului a aparut la o vanzare de hambar din Pennsylvania si a fost achizitionata de DeGolyer Library de la Southern Methodist University, povestea completa a calatoriilor lui Maley a putut fi combinata.