Marryat, Frank 1826-1855 creator Trask, John B. (John Boardman) 1824-1879 text nyu New York Harper & brothers 1855 monographic eng

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x p., 1 l., [13]-393 p. incl. illus., plates. front. 20 cm. Frank Marryat (1826-1855) left England for California via Panama with a manservant and three hunting dogs in 1850, hoping to find material for a book like his earlier Borneo. On his return to England in 1853, Marryat married and brought his bride back to California that same year. Yellow fever contracted on shipboard forced him to cut the trip short and return to England where he died two years later. Mountains and molehills (1855) is a sportsman-tourist's chronicle of California in the early 1850s: hunting, horse races, bear and bull fights. It also includes an Englishman's bemused comments on social life in San Francisco, Stockton, and the gold fields. by Frank Marryat ... With illustrations by the author. "Extracts from a work by Dr. J.B. Trask ... on the geology of California": p. [383]-393. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. No known restrictions on publication. n-us-ca California Description and travel California Gold discoveries Geology California Ethnic groups California Law Political aspects California Mines and mineral resources California F865 .M3 979.4 rc 01000807 hdl:loc.rbc/calbk.010 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/calbk.010 No known restrictions on publication. DLC 830210 20260227111901.0 rc 01000807