Meadow Lake Gold Town by Fatout, Paul - 1969

Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. Shipped from the Calico Cat Bookshop, a brick and mortar bookshop established in 1975.

Indiana University Press, 1969. brown boards, bumped corners, book plate ffep, owner name stamped ffep, 178 pages, indexed, binding very good, pages clean. very good/wrapped in archival cover, priced clipped,. The history of the gold bonanza at Meadow Lake in the Sierra's on the Eastern California side.

Indiana University Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine book in Very Good dust jacket. Jacket is rubbed, especially on spine edges, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has no defects. Bound in brown cloth with bright gilt titles. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Life and death of a mining town. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 178 pages. E6 .

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1969. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 178 pages; Very light rubbing to jacket. .

Bloomington.: Indiana University Press., 1969.. First edition.. Hardcover.. Fine copy in fine (very light rubbing) dust jacket (in mylar). . Octavo.. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

Bloomington, Indiana:: Indiana University Press, 1969.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: brown cloth; owner's small address label on the front endpaper, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) . Notes, bibliography, index. Description: Includes a map frontis plus four black and white illustrations. The Meadow Lake region of eastern California drew thousands of gold seekers in 1865-66 as rumors of gold-filled ledges five miles long circulated the state. However, a profitable method of separating the gold from the surrounding granite was never found and finally only one lone hermit remained in the dismal wreckage of yet another boom town gone bust.

Bloomington, IN: Indiana Univ Press, 1969. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. 1969, First Edition.Gilt embossed brown linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/trace surface rubs; under mylar. Bookdealer sticker to rear cover verso. LAID-IN: Review Copy bookmark w/date of publication. History of the dramatic rise and fall of gold town Meadow Lake in eastern California. 1865 marked the report of gold, triggering such a feverish & frenzied stampede that within the year a city of several thousand sprang up. From the Meadow Lake Morning Sun, June 9, 1866: "One short year since first these mines were known/ Behold, like magic, lo! a town is shown/ Through the long storms of cruel, spotless snow/ A thousand hands have daily fought the foe/ The Old Man Mountain's beard, they've torn away ---/ His heart they''ll pierce & drag it to the day/ From his old veins a golden stream shall flow/ And Meadow Lake a mighty city grow." But a… Read More

Bloomington.: Indiana University Press., 1969.. First edition.. Hardcover.. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). . Octavo.. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.