Edmund Booth (1810-1905) forty-niner; the life story of a deaf pioneer, including portions of his autobiographical notes and gold rush diary, and selections from family letters and reminiscences.

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California As I Saw It: First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900

Edmund Booth (1810-1905) forty-niner; the life story of a deaf pioneer, including portions of his autobiographical notes and gold rush diary, and selections from family letters and reminiscences.

Booth, Edmund, 1810-1905.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
Stockton, Calif., San Joaquin Pioneer and Historical Society, 1953.

SUMMARY
Edmund Booth (1810-1905) of Massachusetts lost his hearing and part of his sight by the time he was eight years old. Despite these disabilities, Booth led a full and adventurous life, leaving his Iowa farm in 1849 for nearly five years in the California gold fields. On his return to Iowa he left farming for journalism and became editor of the Abolitionist Anamosa Eureka. Edmund Booth (1810-1905) forty-niner (1953) contains Booth's diary and letters chronicling his overland crossing; prospecting at Feather River, Hangtown, and Sonora; visits to Sacramento, Columa, Columbia, and Stockton; and return voyage via Nicaragua, 1854.

SUBJECTS
California--Gold discoveries.

MEDIUM
iii, 72 p. mounted illus., ports. 25 cm.

CALL NUMBER
F865 .B68

SPECIAL TERMS OF USE
No known restrictions on publication. No copyright renewal found.

DIGITAL ID
calbk 066 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.066

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