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  • RECOLLECTIONS OF A CALIFORNIA PIONEER. by Abbott, Carlisle S.
    Abbott, Carlisle S.
    RECOLLECTIONS OF A CALIFORNIA PIONEER.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Neale Publishing 1917. Hardcover first edition - The autobiography of a pioneer who traveled to California at the start of the Gold Rush, written at age 88 during his retirement. Along with his brother, he left Beloit, Wisconsin, on March 3, 1850 and traveled along the Platte River through South Pass to Salt Lake City, where the company disbanded, although he continued across the desert to the Carson River and Mormon Station. He spent several months of mining at Volcano above Yankee Slide on the American River. After returning to Wisconsin, and back again to California, he leased a ranch at Point Reyes, and eventually wound up in Tombstone Arizona in an "attempt to recoup his fortunes."…

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    New York: Neale Publishing 1917. Hardcover first edition - The autobiography of a pioneer who traveled to California at the start of the Gold Rush, written at age 88 during his retirement. Along with his brother, he left Beloit, Wisconsin, on March 3, 1850 and traveled along the Platte River through South Pass to Salt Lake City, where the company disbanded, although he continued across the desert to the Carson River and Mormon Station. He spent several months of mining at Volcano above Yankee Slide on the American River. After returning to Wisconsin, and back again to California, he leased a ranch at Point Reyes, and eventually wound up in Tombstone Arizona in an "attempt to recoup his fortunes." He failed at mining, gave up on ranching, and was impoverished by a risky railroad venture, but he wrote an valuable and entertaining account of the overland journey and of life in Gold Rush California and afterwards. Frontispiece portrait. 235 pp.

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    Condition: Ex-library, in sturdy dark green library binding, with the usual markings, but overall good condition. Uncommon in the first edition.

    Book ID: 56955
    Keywords: american river, arizona, autobiography, california, gold rush, overland passage, sacramento, salinas, tombstone, Western Americana
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  • STEINBECK'S GHOST. by Buzbee, Lewis.
    Buzbee, Lewis.
    STEINBECK'S GHOST.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Feiwel and Friends / Macmillan, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "ItÕs been two months since TravisÕs family moved to a development so new that it seems totally unreal. His parents are working harder now, to pay for it all, and Travis is left to fend for himself.ThereÕs one place, though, where Travis can still connect with his old life: the Salinas library. . . . a mystery that delves deeply into the ways that books take us, one at a time, out into the vast world." SIGNED on the title page. Bibliography. 343 pp. ISBN: 0-312-37328-7.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 45684
    Keywords: california, libraries, salinas, steinbeck, Young adult books
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  • STEINBECK'S GHOST. by Buzbee, Lewis.
    Buzbee, Lewis.
    STEINBECK'S GHOST.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Feiwel and Friends / Macmillan, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "ItÕs been two months since TravisÕs family moved to a development so new that it seems totally unreal. His parents are working harder now, to pay for it all, and Travis is left to fend for himself.ThereÕs one place, though, where Travis can still connect with his old life: the Salinas library. . . . a mystery that delves deeply into the ways that books take us, one at a time, out into the vast world." Bibliography. 343 pp. ISBN: 0-312-37328-7.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 46781
    Keywords: california, libraries, salinas, steinbeck, Young adult books
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