From William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
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[12],252pp., including plates. Illus. Portrait. Original gilt cloth. Spine rubbed, some wear to extremities. Else very good. A presentation copy, inscribed by the author: "C. Irish, Presented by Rev. L.J. Hall, Waltham Mass Aug. 9th/99." Actually written by George Webster but printed by Hall, this journal was produced during the voyage of the Henry Lee around the Horn in 1849. Hall later returned to Connecticut, where he became the chaplain at the State Prison at Wethersfield. There, fifty years later, he reprinted his narrative in a small edition, of which the present copy is an example. "In addition to the journal text [of the 1898 edition], Hall wrote an introduction with an account of the printing of the original book, and an appendix entitled 'Among the Mines and Miners in '49 and '50.' This appendix provides one of the best recollections of life in the mines" - Kurutz. STREETER SALE 3025. HILL 760. COWAN, p.259. WHEAT GOLD RUSH 88. KURUTZ 305b. ROCQ 15847. HOWES W202. Seller Inventory # WRCAM12032
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Title: AROUND THE HORN IN '49. JOURNAL OF THE ...
Publisher: [Wethersfield, Ct
Publication Date: 1898
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