Recollections of a 49er
Subtitle: a quaint and thrilling narrative of a trip across the Plains and life in the California gold fields during the stirring days following the discovery of gold in the Far West
By: by Edward Washington McIlhany ; edited and annotated by Scott J. Lawson ; illustrated with vintage photographs, illustrations, present-day photographs, and maps.
Contributors: Lawson, Scott J.
Publisher: Donning Co. Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Virginia Beach, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781578643899
Subjects: McIlhany, Edward Washington, -- b. 1828; Pioneers -- California -- Biography; Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography; Gold mines and mining -- California -- History -- 19th century; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); Overland journeys to the Pacific; Miners -- West Virginia -- Charleston -- Biography; California -- Gold discoveries; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; Charleston (W. Va.) -- Biography
Genres: Biography.; Biography
Other titles: Recollections of a forty-niner
Notes: Originally published: Kansas City, Mo. : Hailman Printing Co., 1908.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 372-377) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1849 - from Virginia to California; title: Gold mining and a mule packer's life in California; title: Insolvency, farming, and off to Siskiyou; title: Leaving California, another stab at love; title: 1858 - across the Plains once more, to Colorado; title: Missouri livestock dealing and family life; title: Biographical sketches of the Charlestown, Virginia Mining Company members.