The Hell-roarin' Forty-Niners
New York: J.H. Sears & Company, 1928. First Edition. 298pp. Octavo [21 cm] Red cloth with the title stamped in black on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. A few small nicks to the head of the jacket's spine. Item #639
An unusually bright copy of this work, that focuses on the mining camps and towns of the Sierra Nevada that sprung up after Marshall's discovery. Illustrated with black and white photographs.
"This is the vivid story of the most picturesque era in the history of the new world, when thousands trudged forward by foot or by wagon train to the wild new land of California. Where they stopped, towns 'mushroomed' overnight, - Poker Flat, Brandy City, Rough and Ready, Galena Hill, Downieville, where the beautiful Juanita was hanged by a mob - all hell-roarin camps." - jacket's front flap.
Price: $100.00