TY  - BOOK
AU  - Borthwick,John David
TI  - Three years in California [1851-54]
AV  - F865 .B7
PY  - 1857///
CY  - Edinburgh, London
PB  - W. Blackwood and sons
KW  - Ethnic groups
KW  - California
KW  - Law
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Gold discoveries
KW  - Social life and customs
N1  - Not by John Douglas Borthwick of Montreal, Can; Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site
N2  - Edinburgh-born artist John David Borthwick (1825-c.1900) left New York for California in 1851, crossing the Isthmus at Chagres. In 1860 Borthwick returned to Britain, where his paintings were exhibited in several galleries including the Royal Academy. Three years in California (1857) focuses on his experiences mining gold and quartz at Hangtown, Foster's Bar, Downieville, Mississippi Bar, Jacksonville, and Carson's Hill. He devotes much attention to social life in the camps as well as mining techniques, describing crime, the Chinese and French and other ethnic groups, and holidays and public entertainments. Borthwick illustrated the book with eight of his own lithographs which are considered the most realistic of the period for California
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.117
ER  -