Description
Pictures of the Gold Rush California
Quaife, Milo Milton, Christmas 1949, 383 pages, Lakeside classics,
Chapters include: To California via Cape Horn; To California via Panama; To California via Mexico; California in 1848; San Francisco in 1849; the News Comes to Monterey; Three Weeks in a Mining Camp; How the Gold Was Mined; Chinese, Mexicans and Indians; Amusements of the Miners; and Argonaut Agreements and Mining Laws. Included is a Historical Introduction by renowned historian Milo Quaife, an appendix, and an index.
Condition: some of the gold gilt on front cover is worn off, couple of stains front and back, interior clean and all pages intact, no rips, no tears, no writing