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Book/Printed Material Sixteen months at the gold diggings

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Title

  • Sixteen months at the gold diggings

Summary

  • Daniel B. Woods of Philadelphia sailed to California in February 1849, crossing Mexico to San Blas, and arriving in San Francisco in June. Sixteen months at the gold diggings (1851) recounts those travels as well as his experiences as a prospector in the Northern Mines on the American River and at Hart's Bar and other camps in the Southern Mines before starting home in November, 1850. His book offers an exceptionally realistic picture of the drudgery of mining and the business side of miners' companies.

Names

  • Woods, Daniel Bates, 1809-1892

Created / Published

  • New York : Harper & brothers, 1851.

Headings

  • -  California--Gold discoveries
  • -  California--Description and travel
  • -  Business--California

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LAC ecr 2019-06-07 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 1 p.l., [v]-viii, [9]-199 p. ; 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F865 .W88

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • rc01000832

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

Additional Metadata Formats

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"California as I Saw It:" First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900.

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Chicago citation style:

Woods, Daniel Bates. Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings. New York: Harper & brothers, 1851. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/rc01000832/.

APA citation style:

Woods, D. B. (1851) Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings. New York: Harper & brothers. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/rc01000832/.

MLA citation style:

Woods, Daniel Bates. Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings. New York: Harper & brothers, 1851. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/rc01000832/>.