More Than Gold: An Authentic Story Never Before Told.
by Hermann, Ruth
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: heavy paper covers with plastic comb binding; the binding system didn't make the holes wide enough to allow e
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
Grass Valley, California:: Union Publishing Company, 1966.. Paper covers: plastic comb binding . BINDING/CONDITION: heavy paper covers with plastic comb binding; the binding system didn't make the holes wide enough to allow easy page turning -- but note that this fault will be found in all copies; Good condition.. 11 inches tall by 8.5 inches wide . Bibliography. Description: This copy is Signed by the author. Well illustrated in black and white with historic photographs and contemporary illustrations. This is a vignette of local history in the Grass Valley / Nevada City area in Northern California's Nevada County. The author explains that this is ''The factual story of one of the early gold seekers, John Williams, who along with his son, Loring Wallace, found the precious metal. Lured by gold through all the calamities of the mining camp life, John and his wife, Abigail, chose to settle and fulfill a dream of a tall brick house on Prospect Hill. This edifice stands today in 1966 as a monument to those who came to seek fortunes but stayed to build.''
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- Bookseller
- The Bookworm (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 068498
- Title
- More Than Gold: An Authentic Story Never Before Told.
- Author
- Hermann, Ruth
- Format/Binding
- Paper covers: plastic comb binding
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: heavy paper covers with plastic comb binding; the binding system didn't make the holes wide enough to allow e
- Publisher
- Union Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Grass Valley, California:
- Date Published
- 1966.
- Pages
- 38 pages.
- Size
- 11 inches tall by 8.5 inches wid
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Oroville, California
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...