Thursday, March 8, 2018

Mountains and Molehills or Recollections of a Burnt Journal by Frank Marryat


 
Author Name: Marryat, Frank

Hardcover, no DJ. 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 arrived 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.

Categories: Americana - The People

Publisher: Time-Life Books: 1982

ISBN Number: 0809439980

ISBN Number 13: 9780809439980 

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: As New 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 016863


Price: $25.00

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