Five early issues of Hutchings' California Magazine
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Author: Hutchings, J[ames] M[ason]
Title: Five early issues of Hutching's California Magazine
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:Hutchings & Rosenfield
Date Published: 1856-58
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Five early issues, including:
Volume 1, No. III. September, 1856.
Volume 1, No. IV. October, 1856. Lacking wrappers.
Volume 1, No. VII. January, 1857.
Volume II, No. 5. November, 1857.
Volume III., No. 1. July, 1858.
Five issues.
A gathering of early issues of this important and influential San Francisco based periodical. he literature, scenery, and history of California in the early days come alive in Hutchings' widely-read monthly. Hutchings' California Magazine began publication in 1856 and ran for five years. Farquhar notes "...in the pages of his magazine there is preserved a good deal of material depicting the life and scenes of California in the decade following the Gold Rush -material notably lacking in Bancroft's works,- especially with respect to Yosemite, the Big Trees, and other scenic wonders...in 1860 [Hutchings] gathered together extracts from his magazine and published them in book form...Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California..."Â
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