ISBN: 9780944220139 - the call of gold: true tales on the gold road to yosemite (2 résultats)

Soft cover. Etat : New. Author: Newell D. Chamberlain, Revised & Edited by Peter Browning Full Title: The Call of GOLD: True Tales on the Gold Road to Yosemite Edition/Printing: Revised Edition, 2002. This edition incorporates a 1936 copyright by Newell D. Chamberlain and a 2002 copyright by Peter Browning for the revised material. Binding style and materials: Hardcover with vibrant pictorial boards, featuring an illustration of gold miners at work on the front cover. Notable features: This volume compiles true tales from the California Gold Rush era, specifically focusing on the "Gold Road to Yosemite." It includes firsthand accounts from pioneers, settlers, and miners, offering a kaleidoscopic view of life in 19th-century California. Chapters cover topics such as the arrival of gold seekers, discovery of Yosemite, mining experiences, trials, and pioneer life. Illustrations, maps, plates, engravings, foldouts, or decorative elements: The book is illustrated with many historic photographs, some previously unpublished, as well as period graphics. The front cover illustration, "Miners at Work in 1849," is sourced from Samuel Curtis Upham's "Notes of a Voyage to California." The back cover graphic, "A Dandy at the Mines," is from Hutchings' California Magazine, 1860. Condition: New.…

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 2nd edition. 194 pages. 8.50x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.