Description: ABOUT THIS BOOK: Broken-hearted 20-year-old Edward Washington McIlhany (Mac) decided a way to heal his disappointment in love was to strike out west to the fabled 1849 gold rush in California. Leaving family and friends behind, with no assurance he'd ever see them again, he paid $300.00 to join a company formed for prospecting. In his autobiography, written sixty years later, he tells of losing friends on the perilous trip across the plains, meeting Indians, gun fights, getting scurvy, and the wild frontier of a mining town. McIlhany's book is a valuable resource on the prices of goods and services at the time, as well as a rip-roaring true tale of a time before the West was settled. He even sailed on the ill-fated Central America the year before it sank with over 550 souls on board.Condition: Good. SIGNED by Editor! Not personalized (see photo)! Packed in a BOX with padding. Click on Photo to see actual item. Same or next day shipping (weekdays and Saturdays)! Ships from California. Pages: not written on, clean, bright, odor free. Dust Jacket: clean, bright, small dent at front left, bumping, edges - bumping to front and back bottom.
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Book Title: Recollections of a 49er : A Quaint and Thrilling Narrative of a Trip Across the Plains and Life in the California Gold Fields During the Stirring Days Following the Discovery of Gold in the Far West
Author: Scott J. Lawson, Edward Washington Mcilhany
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Mining, United States / West / General, United States / 19th Century, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Idaho, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Adventurers & Explorers, General
Publisher: Donning Company Publishers
Publication Year: 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Technology & Engineering, Travel, History
Number of Pages: 400 Pages
