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New England to Gold Rush California : the journal of Alfred and Chastina W. Rix, 1849-1854
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New England to Gold Rush California : the journal of Alfred and Chastina W. Rix, 1849-1854 / edited with commentary by Lynn A. Bonfield.
ISBN
9780870623929 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0870623923 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
Norman, Okla. : Arthur H. Clark Co., 2011.
Physical Description
400 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 23, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-380) and index.
Contents
Biographies and wedding trip : July 29-August 16, 1849
Village life in Vermont at Peacham Corner : August 17-December 31, 1849
Married life, teaching, and politics : January 1-May 14, 1850
"Boarding ourselves" and ending Alfred's principalship : May 15-August 14, 1850
Studying law, preparing for baby, and catching gold fever : August 15-December 31, 1850
Practicing law and caring for baby and home : January 1-September 14, 1851
Alfred prepares for California : September 15-October 4, 1851
Chastina in Vermont and Alfred in California : October 5, 1851-August 22, 1852
Chastina prepares for California : August 22-November 16, 1852
Travels to California : recounting events of October 1851 to February 1853
The San Francisco years : May 12, 1853-April 23, 1854
Alfred's afterword : May 21, 1857.
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