Bright gem of the western seas
Subtitle: California, 1846-1852
By: edited by Peter Browning.
Contributors: Browning, Peter, 1928-; Carson, James H., d.1853.; Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861.
Publisher: Great West Books
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Lafayette, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: California -- Description and travel.; California -- Gold discoveries.; California -- History -- 1846-1850.; San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) -- Description and travel.
Notes: Map on folded leaf in pocket.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Early recollections of the mines. Tulare plains. Life in California / by James H. Carson; title: A report of the Tulare valley / by George H. Derby.