From the Kennebec to California
Subtitle: reminiscences of a California pioneer.
By: Selected and arr. by Lucy Ellis Riddell. Introd. by Robert Glass Cleland. Edited by Laurence R. Cook.
Series: Western heritage series ;; v. 1
Publisher: W.F. Lewis
Published: 1959
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 88
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- California.; Crime -- California -- San Francisco.; Criminals -- California -- San Francisco.; Police -- California -- San Francisco.; Ethnic groups -- California.; Law and politics -- California.; California -- Gold discoveries.
Description: Henry Hiram Ellis (1829-1909) of Maine sailed round the Horn to San Francisco in 1849. From the Kennebec to California (1959) contains various versions of his reminiscences covering his adventures as a gold miner, captain of a Sacramento River boat and Pacific merchant ship, San Francisco police officer and Chief of Police (1875-1877).
Notes: No known restrictions on publication. No copyright renewal found.
Illustrated lining papers.
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