A Year Of Mud And Gold : San Francisco In Letters And Diaries, 1849-1850 -

University of Nebraska Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University of Nebraska Press, 1999. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999. Hardcover. xxiii, 241p., preface, introduction, street map of San Francisco in 1850, notes, bibliography, index, very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped dj. Personal inscription signed by the editor.

University of Nebraska Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. fGreen cloth with dustwrapper, illustrated with b/w map on San Francisco. Previous owner's inscription on endpaper, otherwise and almost unread copy? A Year of Mud and Gold is a collection of over two hundred excerpts from letters and diaries of ordinary men and women caught up in the rapid transformation of San Francisco during its gold rush heyday, 1849-50. Together these accounts render a rich mosaic of San Francisco's metamorphosis from a small Mexican outpost into a rough-and-tumble boomtown filled with gamblers and prostitutes, evangelists and entrepreneurs-men, women, and children from all parts of the world, arriving in California with the dream of striking it rich. The correspondents come from a variety of economic and social backgrounds. Some are barely literate, while others write as well as the finest authors of nineteenth-century travel literature. Their writings address a… Leer más

University of Nebraska Press, 1999-09-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!