One man's gold
Subtitle: the letters & journal of a forty-niner, Enos Christman
By: compiled & edited by Florence Morrow Christman.
Contributors: Christman, Florence Morrow, 1896-
Publisher: Whittlesey house, McGraw-Hill book company, inc.
Published: 1930
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Voyages to the Pacific coast; Frontier and pioneer life -- California; Business -- California; California -- Gold discoveries
Description: Enos Christman (1828-1912), a West Chester, Pennsylvania printer's apprentice, left for the gold fields in June 1849, returning in October 1852. One man's gold (1930) contains both sides of his correspondence with his fiancee and his former boss in West Chester and his journal of his experiences in the West. Highlights include his brief career as prospector on the Calaveras River and Mariposa diggings and his partnership in publication of the Sonoma Herald and life in that town, 1850-1852.
Notes: No known restrictions on publication. No copyright renewal found.
"First edition."
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.