A Peep at Washoe and Washoe Revisited

by J Ross Browne

Overview

In A Peep at Washoe, Browne make a trip to Washoe! Exploring the Silver Boom of the early 1860's, his inimitable style brings you to the footsore journey over the Sierras to the midst of the boom at it's height and his grueling trip back to San Francisco. Revisiting three years later, the great changes, the contrast of the pioneer miner's life to the rapidly growing town life are accentuated. Well told background piece. These are taken from the serializations in 1860/61 and 1865. Illustrated.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014274968
Publisher:	folly cove 01930
Publication date:	03/21/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	185
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

John Ross Browne was born in Dublin on February 21, 1821. In 1833 the family emigrated to the United States as a condition of his fathers release from prison, where he was serving time for his political activities.
Browne briefly attended medical school, worked on a riverboat and signed on to a whaling ship out of New Bedford. In 1846 he published the book Etchings of a Whaling Cruise at Harper & Brothers, New York. He married Lucy Anne Mitchell in 1844. The couple had nine children.
Brown settled in California in 1849, in time for the California Gold Rush, where he worked at various Government Jobs. He traveled extensively while writing serializations for Harper's Magazine. He was appointed Minister to China in 1868. John Ross Browne died on 9 Dec 1875 in Oakland, California.