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Buffum's Six Months in the Gold Mines

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Title: Six Months in the Gold Mines...
Author: Buffum, E. Gould
Description: [v]-xxiv, [25]-172 + 44 ad pp. 7½x4¾, original blindstamped dark brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.An officer in the New York Volunteers, Buffum headed for the hills following the discovery of gold, and observed the Gold Rush from its beginnings. Besides the details of mining, Buffum "recounted every facet of life including the tremendous non-mining potential of California and the formation of government" - Kurutz, who also quotes Bancroft as calling the book "one of the most important contributions to the history of California." Cowan p.83; Graff 472; Howes B943; Kurutz 97a; Wheat Books 28.
Heading: Place Published: Philadelphia
Publisher: Lea and Blanchard
Date Published: 1850