The adventures of a forty-niner.
An historic description of California
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Author
Publication
1894 - Weed-Parsons printing co., Albany, California
Language
English
Word Count
50,000 words, Guess
Page Count
200 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL14291809M
Classifications
- LCCF865 .K7
Description
An Albany, New York, physician, Daniel Knower (b. ca. 1818) sailed for California in 1849 with twelve prefabricated frame houses for the San Francisco market. The adventures of a forty-niner (1894) describes Knower's business and real estate speculations in San Francisco as well as an extended visit to a mining camp near Coloma and the life of prospectors there.
First Sentence
THE WRITER was practising his profession in the city of Albany, his native place, in 1848, when reports came of the discovery of gold in California.
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