Los Gringos: or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia
first edition hardcover
1849 · New York
by WISE, (Henry Augustus)
New York: Baker and Scribner, 1849. First. hardcover. very good(-). xvi, 453pp. 12mo, original green cloth, cloth lightly soiled, light foxing throughout. New York: Baker and Scribner, 1849. First Edition.
Author was an officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican War. "The author went to California in 1846, making a considerable stay at Monterey, San Francisco, and San Jose." Eberstadt 114:189. Howes W-593. He also writes extensively on his adventures in Mexico during the war. After the war, he writes of his stays in Hawaii and Tahiti. (truncated)
Author was an officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican War. "The author went to California in 1846, making a considerable stay at Monterey, San Francisco, and San Jose." Eberstadt 114:189. Howes W-593. He also writes extensively on his adventures in Mexico during the war. After the war, he writes of his stays in Hawaii and Tahiti. (truncated)
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