Ramon Ferreyra (35 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Gold Gold Gold This seductive mantra, shouted throughout the Americas in 1848-49, convinced thousands of people that California's gold could be had simply by picking it up off the ground. Ram n Gil Navarro, an Argentinean political exile living in Chile, heard these rumors of a new El Dorado, but he was not so na ve as to believe that the gold merely had to be gathered. He understood that mining required extensive capital investment and labor, and along with three other investors he arranged to have 120 workers and a shipload of supplies sent to California. Navarro accompanied the workers to Stockton and began prospecting. Gold rush California was a rough and tumble world where finding gold-and keeping it-was not a simple matter. Navarro encountered people from all over the world brought together in a society marked by racial and ethnic intolerance, swift and cruel justice, and great hardships. It was a world of contrasts, where the roughest of the rough lived in close proximity to extremely refined cultural circles. Despite his planning, Navarro had not reckoned on the racism he would encounter. He witnessed several instances of Anglo miners harassing Latinos and other ethnic groups. After three years without success, Navarro returned to South America. He became a national representative in the Argentinean congress and worked as a journalist. He never returned to California. Mar a del Carmen Ferreyra is a researcher affiliated with the Universidad Nacional de C rdoba in Argentina. She is the great-granddaughter of Ram n Gil Navarro and made the original transcription of his diaries. David S. Reher, a professor of history at the University of Madrid, is the author of Perspectives on the Family in Spain: Past and Present and other works.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Gold Gold Gold This seductive mantra, shouted throughout the Americas in 1848-49, convinced thousands of people that California's gold could be had simply by picking it up off the ground. Ram n Gil Navarro, an Argentinean political exile living in Chile, heard these rumors of a new El Dorado, but he was not so na ve as to believe that the gold merely had to be gathered. He understood that mining required extensive capital investment and labor, and along with three other investors he arranged to have 120 workers and a shipload of supplies sent to California. Navarro accompanied the workers to Stockton and began prospecting. Gold rush California was a rough and tumble world where finding gold-and keeping it-was not a simple matter. Navarro encountered people from all over the world brought together in a society marked by racial and ethnic intolerance, swift and cruel justice, and great hardships. It was a world of contrasts, where the roughest of the rough lived in close proximity to extremely refined cultural circles. Despite his planning, Navarro had not reckoned on the racism he would encounter. He witnessed several instances of Anglo miners harassing Latinos and other ethnic groups. After three years without success, Navarro returned to South America. He became a national representative in the Argentinean congress and worked as a journalist. He never returned to California. Mar a del Carmen Ferreyra is a researcher affiliated with the Universidad Nacional de C rdoba in Argentina. She is the great-granddaughter of Ram n Gil Navarro and made the original transcription of his diaries. David S. Reher, a professor of history at the University of Madrid, is the author of Perspectives on the Family in Spain: Past and Present and other works.…

Softcover(Saddle-stitched). Condition: Very Good Condition. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Wrappers slightly rubbed, pages untrimmed. Size: 8vo. 59 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 pound or less. Category: Science & Technology; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE. 2000. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a remainder mark on the textblock bottom edge. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; light rubbing to panels. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering and borders on spine. 305 pp 8vo. Gold! This seductive mantra, shouted throughout the Americas in 1848-49, convinced thousands of people that California's gold could be had simply by picking it up off the ground. The author, an Argentinean political exile living in Chile, heard these rumors of a new El Dorado, but he was not so naïve as to believe that the gold merely had to be gathered. He understood that mining required extensive capital investment and labor, and along with three other investors he arranged to have 120 workers and a shipload of supplies sent to California. Navarro accompanied the workers to Stockton and began prospecting. Gold Rush California was a rough and tumble world where finding gold—and keeping it—was not a simple matter. Navarro encountered people from all over the world brought together in a society marked by racial and ethnic intolerance, swift and cruel justice, and great hardships. It was a world of contrasts, where the roughest of the rough lived in close proximity to extremely refined cultural circles. Despite his planning, Navarro had not reckoned on the racism he would encounter. He witnessed several instances of Anglo miners harassing Latinos and other ethnic groups. After three years without success, Navarro returned to South America. He became a national representative in the Argentinean congress and worked as a journalist. He never returned to California. A clean very presentable copy.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Copyright Date: 1953 Sm Quarto, PP.59.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 305 pages, illustrations, maps. Navarro spent 3 years prospecting for gold in the late 1840s.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; 315 clean, unmarked pages/index. b/w Illus/ Maps (illustrator). SIGNED By Editors.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. 8vo; 305 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. 8vo; 305 pages.

Condition: VG+/VG+. 1st. 8vo. 305pp. Slight cant to spine, rubbing to DJ.

pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. 1953; City of Washington; tan paper covers with black titles; covers contain minimal rubbing and wear; stamp on top right corner of front cover; interior clean and unmarked; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; 59 pages.

Pamphlet. Condition: Used - Very Good. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, February 3, 1953. 59 pages. 32 drawings. 9.5 x 5.5", printed wrapper. Uncut. Library rubberstamp, VG.

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Condition: Sehr gut. 24 cm. V, 59 S. Mit 32 Fig. im Text. Unaufgeschn. Originalbroschur (Softcover). Sehr gutes Exemplar. Stempel "Deutsche Gartenbau-Gesellschaft" a. Titel. Smithonian Miscellaneous Collections ; Vol.121, no.3 (Publ. No. 4100) Mary Vaux Walcott Fund for Publications in Botany. [Knöterichgewächsen Knöterich Kolumbien]. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Pbk, v, 59 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. A clean unmarked copy in very good condition. Many pages still uncut. [Botany - Plants -Classification - Polygalaceae ] r813 / m15062.

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Soft Cover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Extensive staining and soil on covers. Corners curled and folded. Ragged edge at top of front cover. 60pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Gold! Gold! Gold! This seductive mantra, shouted throughout the Americas in 1848-49, convinced thousands of people that California's gold could be had simply by picking it up off the ground. Ramón Gil Navarro, an Argentinean political exile living in Chile, heard these rumors of a new El Dorado, but he was not so naïveas to believe that the gold merely had to be gathered. He understood that mining required extensive capital investment and labor, and along with three other investors he arranged to have 120 workers and a shipload of supplies sent to California. Navarro accompanied the workers to Stockton and began prospecting. Gold rush California was a rough and tumble world where finding gold-and keeping it-was not a simple matter. Navarro encountered people from all over the world brought together in a society marked by racial and ethnic intolerance, swift and cruel justice, and great hardships. It was a world of contrasts, where the roughest of the rough lived in close proximity to extremely refined cultural circles. Despite his planning, Navarro had not reckoned on the racism he would encounter. He witnessed several instances of Anglo miners harassing Latinos and other ethnic groups. After three years without success, Navarro returned to South America. He became a national representative in the Argentinean congress and worked as a journalist. He never returned to California.…

Gebunden. Condition: New. An Argentinean/Chilean experience in Gold Rush California. Ramon Gil Navarro, an Argentinean political exile living in Chile, heard the rumours of a new El Dorado, but he was not so naive as to believe that the gold merely had to be gathered. After three ye.

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.