Edmund Booth (1810-1905) forty-niner
Subtitle: the life story of a deaf pioneer, including portions of his autobiographical notes and gold rush diary, and selections from family letters and reminiscences.
Contributors: San Joaquin Pioneer & Historical Society (Stockton, Calif.)
Publisher: San Joaquin Pioneer and Historical Society
Published: 1953
Place of publication: Stockton, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: California -- Gold discoveries.
Description: Edmund Booth (1810-1905) of Massachusetts lost his hearing and part of his sight by the time he was eight years old. Despite these disabilities, Booth led a full and adventurous life, leaving his Iowa farm in 1849 for nearly five years in the California gold fields. On his return to Iowa he left farming for journalism and became editor of the Abolitionist Anamosa Eureka. Edmund Booth (1810-1905) forty-niner (1953) contains Booth's diary and letters chronicling his overland crossing; prospecting at Feather River, Hangtown, and Sonora; visits to Sacramento, Columa, Columbia, and Stockton; and return voyage via Nicaragua, 1854.
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