A la California. Sketches of Life in the Golden State. With an Introduction by Col. W. H. L. Barnes, and Illustrations from Original Drawings by Ernest Narjot.

EVANS, Albert S. (1831-1872):

Published by San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft, 1873., 1873

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Frontispiece, 379 pp; illus. Original cloth. Very Good. 'Albert S. Evans (1831-1872) was a New Hampshire-born California journalist, serving as correspondent for the New York Tribune and Chicago Tribune. Á la California (1873) is a volume of reminiscences and anecdotal history published after Evans's death at sea. He begins by taking his reader on a tour from the Sierra Morena through the San Andreas Valley, south to Pescadero and Santa Cruz, up the Napa Valley and Mount St. Helena. He offers several chapters on San Francisco, with special attention to the legends of the Barbary Coast and Chinatown and tales of miners in the Gold Rush.' 'He engaged in a long feud with Samuel Langhorne Clemens (aka Mark Twain), both publishing insults about the other. Col. Albert S. Evans perished in the unfortunate disaster by which the steamship 'Missouri' was burned at sea in October, 1872, while on her passage from New York towards Havana.'. Seller Inventory # 25156

Bibliographic Details

Title: A la California. Sketches of Life in the ...

Publisher: San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft, 1873.

Publication Date: 1873

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition