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Exploring Historic California
Published by
W. Ritchie Press, Pasadena, 1974
ISBN 10: 0378037129
ISBN 13: 9780378037129
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Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very good. Duodecimo in white wrappers with color illustration on cover and b&w illustration on back cover; 110 pages: portraits; 18 cm. lightly worn wrappers with light edgewear and light creases to spine joints; o/w wrappers and pages are very handsome of this rare title. In English. Contents: Sam Brannan: California's first millionaire.--Luther Burbank: plant perturber and infidel.--Agoston Haraszthy and "the wine rush".--Bret Harte: literary gold miner.--Thomas Oliver Larkin: consul and "C.I.A." agent.--Jack London: the "American Karl Marx".--Joaquin Miller: literary frontiersman.--Captain Jack and the Modoc War.--Lola Montez: Gold Country queen.--The Russians: lovers and sea otters.--Jedediah Strong Smith: knight in buckskin.--Leland Stanford: grocer and governor.--Johann Augustus Sutter: New Helvetian in California.--Mariano Vallejo: a California for all rulers. Very good to Near fine copy. Seller Inventory # 86531