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Franklin Langworthy's account of the Gold Rush

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Author: Langworthy, Franklin
Title: Scenery of the Plains, Mountains and Mines: or a Diary Kept upon the Overland Route to California...in the Years 1850, '51, '52 and '53
Place Published: Ogdensburgh, NY
Publisher:J. C. Sprague
Date Published: 1855
Description: 324pp. 20.1x11.8 cm (8x4¾"), original brown blindstamped cloth.An important overland narrative. Langworthy describes his trip to California via the Platte to Salt Lake, the Humboldt and Carson Valley to Ringgold, and in the second half of the book narrates his views on California life and events in the mines, and his return home via Nicaragua.

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Cloth worn, chipping to ends of spine and edges; hinges cracked, mild foxing; very good.

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Franklin Langworthy's account of the Gold Rush

Name: Franklin Langworthy's account of the Gold Rush
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