The Gold Hunters: A First-Hand Picture of Life in California Mining Camps in the Early Fifties
by J. D. Borthwick
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
This book was originally published in Edinburgh in 1857 by a a British artist, J.D. Borthwick. Editor Horace Kapheart found a copy of this rare book and reprinted it. The book details all aspects of the Gold Rush in California, including chapters on the Chinese. The focus is finding gold and life in the mines. Written during the time of the great gold rush it is an on-the-scene record of these events. This is an original printing of 1917, not a print on demand. No dust jacket, overall good-very good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Juliet Webster (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7455
- Title
- The Gold Hunters
- Author
- J. D. Borthwick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- International Fiction Library
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland, NY
- Date Published
- 1917
- Pages
- 361
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- California Gold Rush, Chinese in the early days, Off for the Mines, looking for gold
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Juliet Webster
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Santa Monica, California
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