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This book focuses on the experience of the Californian Gold Rush of 1849–1850, not in terms of what happened (a subject much covered by historians) but in terms of how people of various levels of sophistication wrote about it. Drawing on a variety of sources - diaries, journals, letters, and contemporary journalism - Dr Fender explores how both amateur and professional writers attempted to come to terms with the physical wilderness of the transcontinental landscape and the social wilderness of early California. Dr Fender has produced an intriguing and highly readable book, which should prove fascinating not only to a wide range of students in the field of American studies but also to non-specialists who are interested in nineteenth-century American literary and cultural history.
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0521239249
- ISBN 13 9780521239240
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages256
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo, xi + 241 pp. Notes, List of Primary Sources, Essay on Further Reading, Index. Map, b&w chapter head illustrations. "This book focuses on the experience of the California Gold Rush of 1849-50, not in terms of what happened but in terms of how people of various levels of sophistication wrote about it. Fender explores how both amateur and professional writers attempted to come to terms with the physical wilderness of the transcontinental landscape and the social wilderness of early California." -- DJ copy. Dust jacket front panel top edge creased, closed tear. Seller Inventory # 00233
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Plotting the golden West : American literature and the rhetoric of the California Trail / Stephen Fender
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Book Description 1st edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Scattered foxing on the edges. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; ix, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-211) and index. Contents; Machine derived contents note: List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The West and the man of letters: confidence and anxiety; 2. Fremont and the humble bee; 3. The forty-niners: the stylistic pathology of the Overland Trail; 4. The unofficial Gold Rush; 5. The journalists' California; 6. Mark Twain's West: the stillbirth of satire; 7. The perennial critique and the poem of fact; Notes to the text; List of primary sources treated at length; An essay on further reading; Index. Subjects; 1800-1899. American literature West (U.S.) History and criticism. American literature 19th century History and criticism. Authors, American Homes and haunts West (U.S.). English language United States Rhetoric. American literature. Authors, American Homes and haunts. English language Rhetoric. Intellectual life. Literature. Gold miners in literature. California in literature. Gold miners California History 19th century. American literature 19th century History and criticism. American literature West (U.S.) History and criticism. Gold mines and mining United States California. Gold mines and mining United States California Social life and customs. American literature The West History and criticism. Gold mines and mining California Social conditions. West (U.S.) Intellectual life 19th century. California Social life and customs. English literature American writers 1830-1861 Special subjects California Gold mining communities Social conditions 1849-1850. English literature American writers 1830-1861. Special subjects California Gold mining communities Social life 1849-1850 Critical studies. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 399578
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Book Description 1st edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Scattered foxing on the edges. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; ix, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-211) and index. Contents; Machine derived contents note: List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The West and the man of letters: confidence and anxiety; 2. Fremont and the humble bee; 3. The forty-niners: the stylistic pathology of the Overland Trail; 4. The unofficial Gold Rush; 5. The journalists' California; 6. Mark Twain's West: the stillbirth of satire; 7. The perennial critique and the poem of fact; Notes to the text; List of primary sources treated at length; An essay on further reading; Index. Subjects; 1800-1899. American literature West (U.S.) History and criticism. American literature 19th century History and criticism. Authors, American Homes and haunts West (U.S.). English language United States Rhetoric. American literature. Authors, American Homes and haunts. English language Rhetoric. Intellectual life. Literature. Gold miners in literature. California in literature. Gold miners California History 19th century. American literature 19th century History and criticism. American literature West (U.S.) History and criticism. Gold mines and mining United States California. Gold mines and mining United States California Social life and customs. American literature The West History and criticism. Gold mines and mining California Social conditions. West (U.S.) Intellectual life 19th century. California Social life and customs. English literature American writers 1830-1861 Special subjects California Gold mining communities Social conditions 1849-1850. English literature American writers 1830-1861. Special subjects California Gold mining communities Social life 1849-1850 Critical studies. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 399578
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Plotting the Golden West. American literature and the rhetoric of the California Trail
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Book Description Hardback. 1st. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners with small chip to rear upper spine edge. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 241pages. This book focuses on how the experiences of the California Gold Rush of 1849-50 were written about. Explores both amateur and professional writings, including literary travellers like Washington Irvine, pseudo explorations and quasi- scientific expeditions etc. Seller Inventory # 1101
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