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A Year of Mud and Gold. San Francisco in Letters and Diaries, 1849-1850
by (William) Benemann
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0803212933
- ISBN 13
- 9780803212930
- Seller
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Petersfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
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 broad range of concerns, from business prospects and consumer prices to social mores and popular amusements. The letters and diaries also hold clues to processes central to frontier history: the Americanization of Hispanic California, the stresses that migration placed on individuals and families, the fluidity of boomtown economies, and the nature of gender and race relations in an urban population of immigrants. Size: Octavo. 241 pages. Category: History; History; United States; State & Local; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0803212933. ISBN/EAN: 9780803212930. Dewey Code: 979.461040922. . 9780803212930
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- Bookseller
- The Petersfield Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91271
- Title
- A Year of Mud and Gold. San Francisco in Letters and Diaries, 1849-1850
- Author
- (William) Benemann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0803212933
- ISBN 13
- 9780803212930
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Place of Publication
- Lincoln
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- BZDB16 Biography: Literary, History Of The Americas History; History; United States; State & Local; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0803212933 EAN: 9780803212930 (William) Benemann A Year of Mud and Gold. San Francisco in Letters and Diaries, 1849-1850
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About The Petersfield Bookshop
"The Petersfield Bookshop" is a traditional bookshop and specialises in buying and selling Antiquarian and second-hand books, but also sells antique maps and prints and. Inside the shop there is a display of antique dolls from Ann Westwood's private collection. A special feature of the premises is a canopied forecourt where second-hand books can be bought 24 hours a day, 365 days a year!
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Our opening hours are 10:00 to 17:00, Wednesday to Saturday. (Other times available by appointment)
There is nearby "Pay & Display" parking available and we are short walk from Petrsfield Station (On the London to Portsmouth route).
We are members of: ABA, ILAB & PBFA
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