1895 Pictorial History of Nevada County, California
Author : William Frederick Prisk
Publisher :
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 21,36 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Grass Valley (Calif.)
ISBN : 9780933994270
Driven Out
Author : Jean Pfaelzer
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 34,52 MB
Release : 2008-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520256941
Book Description
This sweeping and groundbreaking work presents the shocking and violent history of ethnic cleansing against Chinese Americans from the Gold Rush era to the turn of the century.
Nevada City
Author : Orval Bronson
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 25,23 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
History of the Gold Rush town of Nevada City, California from 1850 to 2002. Includes information about Native Americans, Chinese, gold mining, railroads, newspapers, fires, entertainment, industry, government, churches, and fraternal organizations. Brief biographies of 40 pioneers.
Doing Good by Doing Well
Author : Jennifer Lauren Sokolove
Publisher :
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 45,32 MB
Release : 2003
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters
Author : Bill O'Neal
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 30,87 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780806123356
Book Description
Sifting factual information from among the lies, legends, and tall tales, the lives and battles of gunfighters on both sides of the law are presented in a who's who of the violent West
Pioneer Photographers of the Far West
Author : Peter E. Palmquist
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 29,81 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780804738835
Book Description
This extraordinarily comprehensive, well-documented, biographical dictionary of some 1,500 photographers (and workers engaged in photographically related pursuits) active in western North America before 1865 is enriched by some 250 illustrations. Far from being simply a reference tool, the book provides a rich trove of fascinating narratives that cover both the professional and personal lives of a colorful cast of characters.
Pictorial Atlas Illustrating the Spanish-American War
Author : Le Roy Armstrong
Publisher :
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 16,57 MB
Release : 1899
Category : Atlases
ISBN :
Book Description
American Book Publishing Record Cumulative, 1950-1977
Author : R.R. Bowker Company. Department of Bibliography
Publisher :
Page : 2352 pages
File Size : 16,16 MB
Release : 1978
Category : United States
ISBN :
Book Description
California Gold Camps
Author : Erwin G. Gudde
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 35,96 MB
Release : 2009-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0520261445
Book Description
Many books have been written about the California Gold Rush, but a geographical-historical dictionary has long been lacking. With the publication of California Gold Camps, a monumental project has been completed. California Gold Camps is a basic reference that will be indispensable to the historian, the geographer, and to the general reader interested in California's colorful past.
Classified Catalog of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. 1895-1902. In Three Volumes
Author : Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Publisher :
Page : 1072 pages
File Size : 46,92 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
ISBN :
