The Gold Hunters; A First-Hand Picture of Life in California Mining Camps in the Early Fifties
New York: International Fiction Library [The MacMillan Company], 1929. Very Good. First Edition. [reprint of 1917 Outing Library reprinting of the 1857 3 Years in California][5x7.5”]; Light brown cloth cover with black ink lettering on front and spine, black double ruled spine and front border with publisher’s device, all edges trimmed; 361 pp.; Shelf wear to edges, corners and covers, bumped corners, light stain spots on front and back, spine slightly darkened, age toning of text. [Kurutz 65b]. Item #13195
John David Borthwick (1824-1892) was a Scottish physician and journalist, with training as an artist. This book is a biography of his life and his adventures in the New World. After traveling to Canada, in 1850, he traveled to California by way of the Isthmus of Panama and arrived almost a year later in 1851. He spent the next three years traveling in the gold country observing and sketching. He returned to Scotland and in 1857, Three Years in California, was published.
This book is a reprint of a 1917 edited version by Outing Publishing. The book was retitled “The Gold Hunters” and the chapters were retitled. It also appears that Macmillan used variants to the 1929 covers.
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