Author Name Marryat, Frank
Title Mountains and Molehills or Recollections
of a Burnt Journal
Binding Hardcover
Book Condition As New
Type Book
Publisher Time-Life Books 1982
ISBN Number 0809439980 / 9780809439980
Seller ID 016863
Hardcover, no JD. Time Life Books,
1982, reprinted from the London edition of 1855. As new. Frank Marryat arrived
in June, 1850 in San Francisco and joined the new, scratching society of gold
grubbers. He travelled with a pair of Englishmen and three bloodhounds, Marryat
arived through the Golden Gate to find San Francisco again in ashes. He was a
farmer, a hotel builder, an actor and a gold miner. He was only successful on
the stage or writing. He died at 29, in 1855. This London edition facsimile
contains eight color plates as well as the black and white engravings.
Price = 25.00 USD
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