The World Rushed in. The California Gold Rush Experience
first edition
New York; (1981)
by Holliday, J.S.
New York; (1981): Simon and Schuster. First Edition. Octavo. 559pp. illustrated. The story begins witht he grat journey of 30,000 men who rushed to California over the South Pass trail. The reader shares William Swain's day-by-dat experinces hunting buffalo, camping in a wilderness alive with the sounds of hundreds of men, suviving a violent hailstom and blizzard, and more. Bound in1/4 brown cloth ovr tan paper covered baords, spine lettered and rule in gilt. A very good copy in very good pictorial dust jacket. (Inventory #: 003588)