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The Shirley letters : from the California mines, 1851-1852 / with an introduction and notes by Carl...

The Shirley letters : from the California mines, 1851-1852 / with an introduction and notes by Carl...

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The Shirley letters : from the California mines, 1851-1852 / with an introduction and notes by Carl I. Wheat.

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Full title

The Shirley letters : from the California mines, 1851-1852 / with an introduction and notes by Carl I. Wheat.

Publisher

New York : Knopf, 1949.

Date

1949.

Call Numbers

N979.404/2

Record Identifier

74VKz8zd3A0y

MMS ID

991023550169702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xxix, 216 p. : ill., map (on lining-papers) ; 22 cm.

Contents

Machine derived contents note: LETTER I [PAGE] 3 -- "Dame Shirley" starts for the diggings - -- Marysville - Bidwell's Bar - muleback -- into the hills - a night in the wilds - the -- mountain ranch - lost again - Rich Bar at -- last. -- LETTER 2 23 -- A glance at the Bar - the Empire Hotel - -- Mr....

Publication information

Publisher

New York : Knopf, 1949.

Edition

[1st Borzoi ed.]

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

1949.

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Alternative Titles

Full title

The Shirley letters : from the California mines, 1851-1852 / with an introduction and notes by Carl I. Wheat.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Western Americana.

Twenty-three letters written by the author to her sister, Mary Jane, in Massachusetts, under the pseud., Dame Shirley.

Second printing, May 1961.

Contextual Information

Other version (online)

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

N979.404/2

Record Identifier

74VKz8zd3A0y

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKz8zd3A0y

Other Identifiers

DDC

917.94

MMS ID

991023550169702626

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