Description: CALIFORNIA SKETCHES With Recollections of Gold Mines By Leonard Kip - Ltd. Ed. CALIFORNIA SKETCHES With Recollections of the Gold Mines; with an Introduction By Lyle H. Wright. Facsimile Reprint in 1st Limited Edition of 750 Copies by Leonard Kip (1826-1906). Illustrated, 58 pages. Fine/Fine d.j.Subjects: Gold Mines & Mining Law, Political Aspects, Mines and mineral resources, California - Description of travel. Summary: Kip was a young lawyer, sailed to California in 1849. On his return east in 1850, Kip resumed the practice of law in Albany and published stories, articles and novels. California Sketches reprints accounts of his adventures that Kip sent home for newspaper publication and that were published as a pamphlet in 1850. The eight chapters describe his arrival in San Francisco, journey through Stockton to two months gold-mining on the Mukelumme, and reasons for his abandonment of California. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog
Price: 26 USD
Location: Canoga Park, California
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Features: Dust Jacket
Subjects: Biographies & True Stories
Format: Hardcover
Personalize: No
Special Attributes: Limited/Special Edition, Illustrated, Dust Jacket, 1st Edition
Country: USA
Regional Cuisine: American
Topic: 19th Century
Book Series: Historical
Region: California
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Ex Libris: No
Edition: Limited Edition
Language: English
Publication Year: 1946
Book Title: CALIFORNIA SKETCHES
Intended Audience: Adults
Author: Kip, Leonard
Original Language: English
Signed By: Not Signed
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Nakovach
Inscribed: No
Signed: No
Genre: Mining
Type: Academic History
