comprising a voyage to California, via Panama; life in San Francisco and Monterey; pictures of the gold region, and experiences of Mexican travel Taylor, Bayard 1825-1878 creator King, T. Butler (Thomas Butler) 1800-1864 text nyu New York London G.P. Putnam R. Bentley 1850 2d ed. monographic eng

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2 v. in 1. col. front., col. plates. 19 cm. Bayard Taylor (1825-1878) was already a well-established writer when he traveled to California as special correspondent for the New York Tribune in the summer of 1849. On his return to New York, Taylor established himself not only as one of America's great travel writers but as a true man of letters, producing distinguished novels and poems as well as nonfiction for the next quarter century. Eldorado (1850) consists of Taylor's rewritten dispatches to his paper. Volume 2 tells of the 1849 elections, horseback tours of the Sierras, gold camps on the Mokelumne River, analysis of the 1849 overland emigration, San Francisco social and cultural life, and a return to the East with stops in Guadalajara, Mazatlàn, Mexico City, Popcateptel, and Vera Cruz. Thomas Butler King's official report on California, 22 March 1850, is printed as an appendix. By Bayard Taylor ... Appendix: Report of Hon. T. Butler King. v. 2, p. 199-247. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. No known restriction on publication. n-mx--- n-us-ca California Gold discoveries California Description and travel Voyages to the Pacific coast Mexico Description and travel Ethnic groups California F865 .T23 rc 01000822 hdl:loc.gdc/calbk.122 hdl:loc.gdc/calbk.123 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.122 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.123 No known restriction on publication. DLC 910529 20260227111901.0 rc 01000822