Dreams to Dust. A Diary of the California Gold Rush, 1849-1850
de Parke, Charles Ross
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Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989 First edition. Edited by James E. Davis. xxxi, [3], 280pp. Illustrations, portraits, map. Extensive chapter notes, bibliography, index. Black cloth. A very fine copy with lightly chipped pictorial dust jacket (jacket slightly rubbed and with 2-inch tear to rear panel). "Dr. Parke, a surgeon, and eight other men organized the Como Pioneer Company of Como, Illinois, on April 1, 1849, and left for California on April 7. The company, traveling in three wagons, followed the California Trail and entered via Donner Pass on August 31. After a short visit to Sacramento, Parke arrived at Bidwell's Bar on the Feather River... his diary for September 20, 1849, to September 18, 1850, documents his life in the mines and principal cities and provides good descriptions of the Indians" (Kurutz). [Kurutz: 481]..
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- Dreams to Dust. A Diary of the California Gold Rush, 1849-1850
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- Parke, Charles Ross
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- Usado
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- University of Nebraska Press
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- Fecha de publicación
- 1989
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- California, Gold Rush, History, Dr. Parke, Como Pioneer Company, Mines, Mining
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