A FRENCH JOURNALIST IN THE CALIFORNIA GOLD FIELDS: The Letters of Etienne Derbec.
by Derbec, Etienne. Edited by A. P. Nasatir
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Georgetown, Calif.: Talisman Press, 1964. First edition. Edition limited to 750 copies.. A fine book, entirely clean and unworn, in fairly worn jacket. Original olive-green cloth; quarto; 258 pp. Fronitispiece, 2 illustrations, map endpapers.
Considered the best account of French participation in the California gold rush. 4 of the 13 letters translated here were written from San Francsico, where Derbec later edited a French-language newsaper - "Echo du Pacifique" - the others from the mining districts. Kurutz 190.
Considered the best account of French participation in the California gold rush. 4 of the 13 letters translated here were written from San Francsico, where Derbec later edited a French-language newsaper - "Echo du Pacifique" - the others from the mining districts. Kurutz 190.
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- Chanticleer Books (US)
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- Title
- A FRENCH JOURNALIST IN THE CALIFORNIA GOLD FIELDS: The Letters of Etienne Derbec.
- Author
- Derbec, Etienne. Edited by A. P. Nasatir
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine book, entirely clean and unworn, in fairly worn jacket
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- 1
- Edition
- First edition. Edition limited to 750 copies.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Talisman Press
- Place of Publication
- Georgetown, Calif.
- Date Published
- 1964
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