Gold Rush : A Literary Exploration
xxxiv, 478, numerous in-text black and white photographs. Laminated printed light card covers. Slightly dog-eared corners. Lightly chipped edges. Likely unread. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 8vo. An anthology of writings encompassing the California gold rush of 1848 which amount to a narrative history of the Gold Rush - from long sea voyages, arduous overland treks, life in early bohemian San Francisco, the feudalism of late gold rush society.