Taming the Forty-Niner
by Margo, Elisabeth
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Rinehart, 1955,. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, hardcover, near fine in VG beige and brown pictorial dj. A saucy account of the pleasures of the Gold Rush Days of California before and after the arrival of the "ladies". Illustrated with period drawings and photographs. 245 pp. including bibliography. Based primarily on eye-witness accounts, diaries and the newspapers of the times; rich and sometimes uproarious account of the women who tamed the forty-niners.
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41226
- Title
- Taming the Forty-Niner
- Author
- Margo, Elisabeth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Rinehart, 1955,
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bookwitch
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Concord, California
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- VG
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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