California life illustrated
By: By William Taylor ... Sixteen engravings. 15th thousand
Publisher: Pub. for the author, by Carlton & Porter
Published: 1860
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
Subjects: Social life and customs; Missions
Description: Taylor describes his voyage to California and gives details of family life, social life, politics and church history in San Jose, Santa Cruz, and Sacramento. He comments at length on California agriculture and mineral resources and offers a chapter on mining camp life. After founding the Powell Street church, Taylor explains, he undertook a mission to sailors in San Francisco which left him so burdened by debt that he returned east to publish books and conduct revivals in the hope of putting his finances in order.