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trip to the gold mines of California in 1848
Typefaces (Type evidence)-Monotype Bulmer.
xxxv, 51 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 24 cm
John Swan (1817-1896), an English sailor, settled in Monterey in 1843 and joined other Californians in the rush to the gold fields to the north in July 1848. A trip to the gold mines of California in 1848 (1960) prints a memoir written out by Swan in 1870 giving an account of his ride north to Log Cabin Ravine and daily life as a prospector on the American River. A few months in the mines satisfy Swan, and he recounts his return to Monterey, where he spent the rest of his life. His book offers lively anecdotes of mining methods and miners in 1848 as well as of the land and people.
Introduction / by John A. Hussey -- A trip to the gold mines of California in 1848: To the diggings on horseback ; Log Cabin Ravine and Dry Creek ; A long journey home ; Backward glances.
by John A. Swan ; edited, with introduction and notes, by John A. Hussey.
Edited from a manuscript in the Bancroft Library of the University of California.
"Designed and printed by Taylor & Taylor ... The type used throughout, Monotype Bulmer ... has been set by Mackenzie & Harris, Inc. The binding has been executed by the Schuberth Bookbindery, San Francisco"--Colophon.
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages 37-51).
The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy forms part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive.
The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy contains publisher prospectus.
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