Recollections of Pioneer Work in California.

San Francisco: Joseph Winterburn & Co., 1878 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Fist edition. 260pp. Green cloth, gilt. Wear to spine ends, corners. Previous owner's signature. A very good copy. First edition. An account of the reverend's experiences in San Francisco, Stockton, Marysville, Los Angeles and other areas of California. Woods arrived in California during the early Gold Rush era. He arrived in Stockton and established a church for the community. "His recollections are much more than an ecclesiastic history, as they give an articulate and human picture of life in that gateway to the Southern Mines." (Kurutz). [Cowan: p.694; Kurutz: 697]. .