The California Star. Yerba Buena and San Francisco. Volume I, 1847-1848.

Berkeley: Howell-North Books, 1965 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. A Reproduction in Facsimile. Introduction by Fred Blackburn Rogers. Folio.14¾ x 10 inches. xiii, [1], 212 pp. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. A fine copy. A facsimile of the first volume of San Francisco's first newspaper. A fascinating look at the beginning years of San Francisco and its rapid development. This weekly newspaper was founded by Samuel Brannan. The newspaper attacked Colton and Semple, publishers of the rival Californian, and Alcalde Bartlett for changing the name of Yerba Buena to San Francisco. The California Star was the first to print news of the battles in the Conquest of California, of the formation of the city of San Francisco, and of the Donner Party. The introducer, Fred Blackburn Rogers provides an excellent historical background of the Star. Includes portraits of Brannan, Gilbert, Kemble, and Bartlett, and a selective index..