200 pp. Illustrated with 11 plates. (8vo), original gilt-pictorial purple cloth, gilt-lettered spine. First Edition. Knower crossed the Isthmus and arrived in San Francisco on August 18, 1849, with a plan to make money selling prefabricated houses that he had shipped to California. Although the major portion of the work deals with San Francisco, Knower did find time to visit the mines near Coloma and Dutch Bar. Financial difficulties forced him to return home. Cowan p.334; Kurutz 381a; Wheat Gold Rush 120.
200 pp. Illustrated with 11 plates. (8vo), original gilt-pictorial purple cloth, gilt-lettered spine. First Edition. Knower crossed the Isthmus and arrived in San Francisco on August 18, 1849, with a plan to make money selling prefabricated houses that he had shipped to California. Although the major portion of the work deals with San Francisco, Knower did find time to visit the mines near Coloma and Dutch Bar. Financial difficulties forced him to return home. Cowan p.334; Kurutz 381a; Wheat Gold Rush 120.
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