A Gil Blas in California.
Contributors: Wilbur, Marguerite Eyer, b. 1889.
Publisher: The Primavera press
Published: 1933
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
Subjects: Ethnic groups -- California; Law and politics -- California; Agriculture -- California; California -- Description and travel; California -- Gold discoveries
Description: Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) was one of France's most acclaimed novelists of the nineteenth century. A Gil Blas in California (1933) is an English translation of a work first published in Brussels in 1852, with Dumas presenting it as his rendering of a young Frenchman's firsthand account of his adventures in the California Gold Rush. Many critics doubt its claims as a work of non-fiction. The tale covers a voyage round the Horn from Le Havre, life at French Camp, San Francisco fires, California farming and wildlife, hunting trips near Sonoma and in the Mariposa Valley, and a visit to San José.
Notes: No known restrictions on publication. No copyright renewal found.
"A limited edition of 500 copies".
Head-pieces.
"Translated by Marguerite Eyer Wilbur, foreword by Phil Townsend Hanna, wood engravings by Paul Landacre."
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