Roar of the Monitors. Quest for Gold in the Northern Sierra
by Garvis, Jann E
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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GRASS VALLEY, California, United States
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About This Item
Santa Ana, CA: Graphic Publishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Gold cloth, spine lettered in red; map pastedown's and endpapers; copiously illustrated with historical photograhs and other reproductions on every page including; mining scenes, structures, single & group portraits, paintings, drawings, paper ephemera, etc. Forward by Gary Kurutz. Includes Genealogies, Select Bibliography, Glossary, and Index. In protective mylar wrap; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 740 pages; "In words and pictures it weaves a colorful, compelling tapestry, revealing the day-to-day, often bittersweet lives of the pioneers in the California's Norther Sierra mining region. " The author, herself a descendant of some of the very people pictured and remembered in the book. Contents arranged in 26 chapters by town or camp, from La Porte to Sawpit Flat. .
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- Bookseller
- G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11567
- Title
- Roar of the Monitors. Quest for Gold in the Northern Sierra
- Author
- Garvis, Jann E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Graphic Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Santa Ana, CA
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- GOLD Rush, MINING, Hydraulic Mining, CALIFORNIA, ENGINEERING
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About the Seller
G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA
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GRASS VALLEY, California
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