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Title: Life on the plains and among the diggings: being scenes and adventures of an overland journey to California: with particular incidents of the route, mistakes and sufferings of the emigrants, the Indian tribes, the present and the future of the great West.Author: Alonzo DelanoPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection o...

Excerpt from The Idle and Industrious MinerAnd grown to man's estate, Repaired to California's shores, To fill their cup of fate: Endowed with noble gifts of mind, And 'vigorous in health, Their future seemed a harvest-field, Abundant in its wealth. Lured by a hope of rapid gain, The mines at once they sought, Contented with a cabin home, In a secluded spot, Their start in life was equal, -and At first the race was fair, But soon resembled tha...

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Excerpt from Alonzo Delano's California Correspondence: Being Letters Hitherto Uncollected From the Ottawa (Illinois) Free Trader and the New Orleans True Delta, 1849-1852, Edited With an Introduction and NotesThis illustration appeared on the front page of the New Orleans True Delta, May 11, 1851. It is a copy, with modifications, Of a wood engraving reproduced in the Sacramento Union, March 31, with the comment: The building measures 34 feet...

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Excerpt from A Live Woman in the Mines, or Pike County Ahead!: A Local Play in Two ActsThe plot of this play is founded on fact. The history of John and Mary Wilson is that of hundreds who have come to California - and their misfortunes and ultimate success is a type of what many others have experienced within the author's knowledge.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.f...