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California Gold Camps

A Geographical and Historical Dictionary of Camps Towns and Localities Where Gold Was Found and Mined; Wayside Stations and Trading Centers
by Erwin G. Gudde (Author), Elisabeth K. Gudde (Editor)
Paperback
Price: $47.95 / £40.00
Publication Date: Apr 2009
Edition: 1st Edition
Title Details:
Rights: World
Pages: 480
ISBN: 9780520261440
Trim Size: 7 x 10
Illustrations: 12 b/w photographs, 59 line illustrations, 9 maps
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About the Book

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.

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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