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Mountains and molehills; or, Recollections of a burnt journal
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Books/Printed Material |
|---|---|
| Author | Trask, John B. (John Boardman) Marryat, Frank |
| Spatial Coverage | California |
| Temporal Coverage | 1855 |
| Abstract | Frank Marryat (1826-1855) left England for California via Panama with a manservant and three hunting dogs in 1850, hoping to find material for a book like his earlier Borneo. On his return to England in 1853, Marryat married and brought his bride back to California that same year. Yellow fever contracted on shipboard forced him to cut the trip short and return to England where he died two years later. Mountains and molehills (1855) is a sportsman-tourist's chronicle of California in the early 1850s: hunting, horse races, bear and bull fights. It also includes an Englishman's bemused comments on social life in San Francisco, Stockton, and the gold fields. |
| Page Count | 393 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Harper & Brothers |
| Publisher Place | New York |
| Part of Series | Rare Book and Special Collections Division Catalog Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (library of Congress) |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | No known restrictions on publication. |
| Subject Keyword | California Description and Travel Ethnic Groups Geology Gold Discoveries Law Mines and Mineral Resources Political Aspects |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | California--Description and travel |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | California--Gold discoveries |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Geology--California |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Ethnic groups--California |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Law--Political aspects--California |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Mines and mineral resources--California |
| Subject Domain (in LCC) | F865 .M3 |
| Alternative Title | Mountains and molehills Recollections of a burnt journal |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Book |
