Sketches of early California; a collection of personal adventures. Introd. and commentaries by Oscar Lewis. Compiled by Donald DeNevi.
- Title
- Sketches of early California; a collection of personal adventures. Introd. and commentaries by Oscar Lewis. Compiled by Donald DeNevi.
- Published by
- San Francisco, Chronicle Books [1971]
- Author
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Details
- Description
- viii, 181 p. illus.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Contents
- The pastoral years: Commentary. Ranch and mission days in Alta California, by G. Vallejo. Priests and mission life, by W. H. Davis. Indian insurrections and treachery, by W. H. Davis. A glimpse of domestic life in 1828, by B. Briones. The first emigrants: Commentary. The first emigrant train to California, by J. Bidwell. Life in California before the gold discovery, by J. Bidwell.--The gold rush: Commentary. Marshall's own account of the gold discovery, by C. B. Gillespie. Pioneer mining in California, by E. G. Waite. A miner's Sunday in Coloma, by C. B. Gillespie. No place for a woman from a letter by Dame Shirley.
- Call number
- IXG 72-1996
- Author
- DeNevi, Donald P. Compiler
- Title
- Sketches of early California; a collection of personal adventures. Introd. and commentaries by Oscar Lewis. Compiled by Donald DeNevi.
- Imprint
- San Francisco, Chronicle Books [1971]
- LCCN
- 76171450
- ISBN
- 0877010719
- Research call number
- IXG 72-1996