General Bidwell's Echoes of the Past
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Author: Bidwell, John
Title: Echoes of the Past About California
Place Published: [Chico, CA]
Publisher:[Chico Advertiser]
Date Published: [1914]
Description:
Author: Bidwell, John
Title: Echoes of the Past About California
Place Published: [Chico, CA]
Publisher:[Chico Advertiser]
Date Published: [1914]
Description:
[4], 91 pp. 3 full-page illustrations from photographs. (8vo) original printed wrappers, stapled, custom slipcase. First Edition in Book Form.
Reprinting of articles by Bidwell which appeared in the Century Magazine for November and December, 1890 and February 1891. Kurutz notes that "the vast majority of the text is devoted to the famed overland trek and early days in California before the American conquest. The pioneer provided interesting information on pre-Marshall gold discoveries." Bidwell served as a congressman during Reconstruction. Cowan p.52; Graff 292; Howes B432; Kurutz 55a; Mintz 36; Rocq 1371; Wagner-Camp 88 (note); Wheat Books 18.
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Light wear, paper a touch browned; near fine.
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