The Call of Gold: True Tales on the Gold Road to Yosemite
first edition
1936 · Mariposa, California
by Chamberlain, Newell D.
Mariposa, California: Gazette Press, 1936 First edition. 183pp. Illustrated with 41 photographs, map. Gold cloth lettered in black. A very fine copy with the elusive pictorial dust jacket (jacket spine faded, slight chipped to top edge). Scarce, more so with the jacket. Illustrated with over forty vintage Gold Rush era photographs, many by the period photographer, C. L. Weed. Chapter subjects include Gold Rush days in Mariposa County: arrival of the gold seekers, first settlers' own stories, beginnings of Hornitos and Coulterville, war with Indians, discovery of Yosemite, early day justice, Frémont's political and mining activities, and much more.. (Inventory #: 7904)