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100	1		_aHelper, Hinton Rowan, _d1829-1909.
245	1	4	_aThe land of gold. _bReality versus fiction. _cBy Hinton H. Helper.
260			_aBaltimore, _bPub. for the author, by H. Taylor, _c1855.
300			_axii, [13]-300 p. _c19 cm.
520			_aHinton Rowan Helper (1829-1909) of North Carolina became one of the South's most controversial figures in the 1850s for his criticisms of slavery in The land of gold and his better known book, The impending crisis. Indeed, he found it prudent to move to New York before the Civil War, and he received diplomatic appointments in Latin America from the Lincoln administration. The land of gold (1855) draws on Helper's three years residence in California and leads him to the conclusion, "California is the poorest State in the Union." Aside from gold, he can see nothing to recommend the state economically, and his book damns the state's populace in terms of morals and intelligence. He spends three chapters dismissing San Francisco (although he later has good words for the Vigilance Committee), is disgusted by the Digger Indians at Bodega, finds fault with Sacramento, and reflects on prospecting on Yuba River and at Columbia. Some good words are reserved for Stockton, but on the whole, Helper writes to discourage emigrants from retracing his course round the Horn.
530			_aAlso available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
540			_aNo known restrictions on publication.
530			_aAlso available in digital form on the Internet Archive Web site.
651		0	_aCalifornia _xDescription and travel.
651		0	_aCalifornia _xGold discoveries.
650		0	_aVoyages to the Pacific coast.
650		0	_aEthnic groups _zCalifornia.
650		0	_aUrbanization _zCalifornia.
650		0	_aReal estate development _zCalifornia.
650		0	_aLaw _xPolitical aspects _zCalifornia.
856	4	1	_dcalbk _f075 _qt _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.075
856	4	1	_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.00058526319
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