Kern County's Courier 1866-1876: A Newspaper in a Period of Economic and Political Transition

Bakersfield, CA: Kern County Historical Society and The County of Kern Through Its Museum, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. SIGNED. 52pp. Slim octavo [23.5 cm] Light brown cloth over boards. Endpapers very subtly darkened along the hinges. In the dust jacket, with periodic small and shallow closed and open tears to the edges. From the foreword-

"Of the many established cultural institutions transferred to the western frontier none made a greater appeal to the frontiersman than the local newspaper. The frontier newspaper brought him news; it often confirmed his narrow political views or antagonized him by expressing opinions contrary to his beliefs; and it entertained him with a variety of printed matter.

"Barbara Boyd Voltmer has traced the history of one of these frontier newspapers, Kern County's Courier, during the period of 1866-1876. Her story is well researched and interestingly written, and the Kern County Historical Society takes pleasure in presenting this work as its thirtieth annual publication." - Eugene Burmeister, President, Kern County Historical Society

Signed by the author on the title page.