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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Man-of-war life Man-of-war life Charles Nordhoff pgs. 250 & 251 blurry OL1115293W
Eldorado Or Adventures In Path Of Empire Eldorado Or Adventures In Path Of Empire Bayard Taylor Bayard Taylor (1825-1878) was already a well-established writer when he traveled to California as special correspondent for the New York Tribune in the summer of 1849. On his return to New York, Tayl… OL1147167W
Golden dreams Golden dreams Gwen Bristow An account of the California Gold Rush, discussing the people and events involved and the effect of that gold discovery upon the future of California and the nation. OL16102533W
Notes of a voyage to California via Cape Horn Notes of a voyage to California via Cape Horn Samuel Curtis Upham Samuel Curtis Upham (1819-1885) was a clerk in a Philadelphia merchant house when he decided to try his luck in California in January, 1849. Sailing round the Horn, he visited Rio de Janeiro and Talc… OL1618068W
California illustrated California illustrated J. M. Letts John M. Letts of New York sailed for California via Panama in January 1849. California illustrated (1853) describes that voyage and his landing in San Francisco. Next he travels to Sacramento and the… OL218692W
"All's not gold that glitters" "All's not gold that glitters" Alice B. Haven Juvenile story of the California gold rush. OL236424W
Eternal passage Eternal passage Elaine L. Schulte From Virginia to Panama to California, Louisa's problems seem to follow her -- and she doesn't know what she'll do when they catch up. Louisa Abigail Setter is fleeing her abusive husband, a Virginia… OL2678593W
Golden dreams Golden dreams Elaine L. Schulte Which would be worse: marriage without love, or love without marriage? Her fiance's death has pushed her into the arms of his twin brother, but Rose Wilmington knows this is not God's plan for her. I… OL2678595W
The golden dragon The golden dragon John J. Loeper The account of a young boy's journey by clipper ship from New York, around Cape Horn, to San Francisco in 1850. OL2695484W
Sketches of travels in South America, Mexico and California Sketches of travels in South America, Mexico and California L. M. Schaeffer A native of Frederick, Maryland, Luther Melanchthon Schaeffer sailed around the Horn to California in 1849. He spent most of the next two-and-a-half years in the gold fields, mining on the Feather Ri… OL7836374W
From East Prussia to the Golden Gate From East Prussia to the Golden Gate Frank Lecouvreur Frank Lecouvreur (1829-1901) was born Franz Lecouvreur in Ortlesburg, Prussia. Educated as an engineer, he left home for California in 1851. From East Prussia to the Golden Gate (1906) draws on Lecou… OL7856776W