Erwin G. Gudde

California Gold Camps

A Geographical and Historical Dictionary of Camps, Towns, and Localities Where Gold Was Found and Mined; Wayside Stations and Trading Centers

Edited by Elisabeth K. Gudde

$34.95, £24.95 paperback

9780520261440

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, 7 x 10 inches, 12 b/w photographs, 59 line illustrations, 9 maps
April 2009, Available worldwide
Also in: Geology

Description
Contents
Author Bio

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.

Preface
Note to Preface
Introduction
Maps
Place Names
Glossary and Bibliography
List of Places by Counties

Erwin G. Gudde was a member of the University of California, Berkeley faculty, Department of German, for many years. His many publications include Bigler's Chronicles of the West and California Place Names.

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