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Felix Wierzbicki ((ポーランド語:'Feliks Paweł Wierzbicki')) (January 1, 1815, Czerniawka, Volhynia, Poland, now Chernyavka, Ukraine — December 26, 1860) was a Polish-American doctor, soldier, veteran of the November Uprising,〔Teofil Lachowicz, ''Polish Freedom Fighters on American Soil: Polish Veterans in America from the Revolutionary War to 1939'', ISBN 1936198312, 2011 (p. 21 )〕 traveler, and writer.〔("Wierzbicki Feliks Paweł" ), ''Encyklopedia PWN''〕 In 1849, Wierzbicki published in San Francisco the first English-language book printed in California, ''California As It Is and As It May Be.''〔Felix Wierzbicki, "California Guidebook", 1849〕〔Wierzbicki, Felix Paul. California As It Is and As It May Be. San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1933〕〔(Felix Wierzbicki, California Guidebook, 1849 online )〕 The book is an "unvarnished" description of the culture, peoples, and climate of the area at that time. Wierzbicki described prospective settlers, and included a survey of agriculture and hints on gold mining.〔California As I Saw It, 1849-1900. Vol. 15. (on-line ) Washington: Library of Congress, 1999〕 His remains were eventually interred at the San Francisco National Cemetery.〔〔 ==Books== *''California As It Is and As It May Be'', 1849 * ''The Ideal Man; A Conversation Between Two Friends, upon the Beautiful, the Good, and the True, as Manifested in Actual Life'', 1842, Boston, E.P. Peabody〔()〕 * *Signed ''A Philokalist'' ("Lover of Beauty"), credited to Wierzbicki.〔''Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature'', 1928, Vol. 3 P. 128〕〔(A contemporary review of the book ), ''The Boston Quarterly Review'', April 1842〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Felix Wierzbicki」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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