Fortune favors the brave ; the life and times of Horace Bell, pioneer Californian.
Bell went to California during the Gold Rush, was an adventurer with filibusters in Nicaragua, and served from Indiana in the Civil War. He returned to California and helped develop Los Angeles, published a newspaper, and wrote memoirs of early California. His Reminiscences of a ranger, or early tim...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Los Angeles :
W. Ritchie Press,
1953.
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| Summary: | Bell went to California during the Gold Rush, was an adventurer with filibusters in Nicaragua, and served from Indiana in the Civil War. He returned to California and helped develop Los Angeles, published a newspaper, and wrote memoirs of early California. His Reminiscences of a ranger, or early times in southern California (1881) is on the Zamorano 80, no. 5. |
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| Physical Description: | 307 pages illustrations 25 cm |
| Awards: | Western Books Exhibit 1954. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Related Items: | The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy forms part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive. |