IN PURSUIT OF THE GOLDEN DREAM. REMINISCENCES OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN MINES, 1849 - 185
by Gardiner, Howard C
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Stoughto, 1970. lxv,390pp. Illus. Folding map. Large quarto. Gilt cloth. Very good. Edited by Dale Morgan, and printed by Lawton Kennedy. A major gold rush narrative, written by one of the Gardiners of Gardiner's Island off eastern Long Island, and certainly one of the most important accounts of the California mines published in modern times. MINTZ 551. KURUTZ 262
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- William Reese Company (US)
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- Title
- IN PURSUIT OF THE GOLDEN DREAM. REMINISCENCES OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN MINES, 1849 - 185
- Author
- Gardiner, Howard C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Stoughto
- Date Published
- 1970
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We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Gilt
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