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Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. Spine sunned. Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Category: California; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 16099. .
A Yankee Trader in the Gold Rush. The Letters of Franklin A. Buck. by Buck, Franklin - 1930.
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A Yankee Trader in the Gold Rush. The Letters of Franklin A. Buck.
by Buck, Franklin
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Boston.: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1930.. First edition.. Decorated hard cover. . Fine (owner name on end paper) copy. . Octavo.. Important reference work. Illustrated.
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- Date Published 1930.
- Pages 294 pps.
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A Yankee Trader in the Gold Rush: The Letters of Franklin A. Buck
by Buck, Franklin. Ed. Katherine A. White
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A Yankee Trader In The Gold Rush: The Letters Of Franklin A. Buck
by Franklin A. Buck, Katherine A. White (Editor), Mary Sewall Buck Carr (Introduction)
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Literary Licensing, LLC, 2011-10-15. Paperback. Good.
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A Yankee Trader in the Gold Rush: the Letters of Franklin A. Buck
by Buck, Franklin A
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Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth. Pages are partially unopened. Illustrated. A very clean, unmarked copy. Only minimal wear. The dust jacket has a light crease to the spine, a 1/2" chip along the upper spine end. Extremely minor chips to the corners. There are a couple of small, closed tears. Original price of $3.50 to the front flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 294 pages .
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A YANKEE TRADER IN THE GOLD RUSH The Letters of Franklin A. Buck 1846-1880
by Buck, Franklin A
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. First Edition. Soft cover. Fine/Good. 1st printing. Cloth. 294pp. Illus. Index. A terrific group of firsthand accounts of life in the wild & woolly days of the California Gold Rush, compiled by Katherine A. White. Fine in dj with about 1" piece missing around top of back strip. Cowan p81.
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A Yankee Trader in the Gold Rush: The Letters of Franklin A. Buck
by Franklin A Buck
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A Yankee Trader in the Gold Rush. The Letters of Franklin A. Buck.
by Buck, Franklin A
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Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1930 First edition. Compiled by Katherine A. White. 294pp. Illustrated. Original dark green cloth lettered in red. A fine copy. "Ably edited letters of an observant miner and merchant" (Wheat). "These outstanding letters range in date from November 24, 1846, to January 22, 1881. Remarkably, all were addressed to Buck's sister... Buck, writing from New York, first mentioned the possibility of seeking gold in California in a December 2, 1848, letter" (Kurutz). In August of 1849, Buck arrived in San Francisco after having taken the Cape Horn route. He concentrated on being a trader, moved to Sacrmento City and began to prosper in transporting gold dust and selling property. By 1850, business had slowed and Buck took up mining. He then went on a trip to Tahiti and Hawaii and returned to mine near Downieville in 1851. He finally moved to Weaverville, opened a store, and remained until 1866. [Cowan p.81; Kurutz: 96; Rocq: 15154; Wheat, Books of…
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A Yankee Trader in the Gold Rush: The Letters of Franklin A. Buck
by Franklin A Buck
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