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| ISBN-13: | 9781628737356 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Skyhorse |
| Publication date: | 06/03/2014 |
| Edition description: | Skyhorse Stationary |
| Pages: | 424 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.30(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Chapter I.
Chagres River
Curiosity
Isthmus of Panama
Washington Hotel
Ants
A Native of Virginia
Gold Train
Robbery
Panama Bells
An Emigrant Ship
An Affecting Preacher
San Francisco 1
Chapter II
A Great Country
Improvement
Adventurers
Drinking-Saloons
The Old Judge
Banks
Mine Speculators
Gambling Houses
"Don't Shoot "
Climate
High and Dry 21
Chapter III
Benicia
Barnes
A Mad Bloodhound
His Death
Grasshoppers
Don Raymond
A Blessed City
Wicked Mules
"Camping Out"
Napa
Fourth of July
Agriculturists
Sonoma
Competition
An Irascible Bull 39
Chapter IV
Spanish Grants
Squatters
Squatter Fights
A Spanish Ranche
Good Quarters
Fleas
Vanity
Vaccaros
Quilp
English Saddles
Antelope Hunt
Rattle-Snakes
Quilp Waltzes
Californian Horses
Saddles
Horse-Breaking
A Tame Horse 58
Chapter V
Spanish Priesta
Indians
Quilp forgets himself
Habits of Native Californians
Father Bartoleméo
The Lasso
Good Riders
Cattle Branding
Raymond provides Mules
Russian River
We Encamp
Saw-mill
I propose to "Squat" 78
Chapter VI
The Little Valley
Three Martyrs
Mountain Life
The Poor Does
Castor-oil
A Sick Dog
The Carpentaro
Grey Squirrel
Digger Indians
Eed-wood Tree
American Rifles
Grizzly Bear Hunt
Sheldon Wounded
Difficulty in Killing the Bear
Habits of the Bear
A Thief 97
Chapter VII
Deer Hunting
Wild Bulls
Wild Fowl
A Duck Gun
Driving an Ox-Team
I Reflect
An Estampede
The Tiger Cat
Rainy Season
Indian Fires
Wasps
We are Robbed by the Indians
I Ki'l a Bear
Crossing a Swollen River 122
Chapter VIII
Quilp departs for the South
San Luis
Ramsey
I am left for Dead
The Early History of California
Discovery of San Francisco
Spanish Missions
A Digression
Digression, continued
A Rainy Season
A Little Crab 144
Chapter IX
The Old Crab-Catcher
Mr. Warren
American Friendship
The American Press
Education in America
Americans Good Colonists
Californian Correspondence 164
Chapter X
Long Wharf
Clipper Ships
Chinese Emigrants
The May Fire
An Exciting Scene
Iron Houses
Vallejo
The Coyote
Wild Geese 180
Chapter XI
Coyote Hunting
My Dominions are Invaded
Thomas kills a Bear
A Trial of Strength
Rowe's "Lot"
Choctaw
Elk
A Butchery
Rough Life
Fertility of the Soil 197
Chapter XII
Another Fire
My Geological Friend
"Burnt Out"
Sacramento
Levee
Hulks
Rats
Vigilance Committee
Start for Volcano
Crocket
"Right Side Up" 216
Chapter XIII
An Old She-goat
Our Mineralogist
Gold Diggers
Murderer's Bar
The Theorist puzzled
Mining Laws
Jumping Claims
Tho Miners Life
"Let her slide"
Hostile Indians
We are disgusted
Fire-proof Houses 231
Chapter XIV
Joe Bellow
Stockton
A Bear Trapper
Bear and Bull Fights
An Uneasy Bear
Californian Inns
Natural Roads
Good Driving
I Kill a Flea
Sonora
The Evening commences
French Emigrants
A Drinking Bar
Number Eighty
A Corral and a Moral 248
Chapter XV
The Gold Mine
The Innocence of Sonora
Sunday in Sonora
Selling a Horse
Carrying Weapons
Bob
We leave Vallejo
We are "Bound to go"
The Shadow of a Crow 269
Chapter XVI
I explain to the Patient Reader
Pioneers
A Lady's Boot
Mainspring
Mexican Robbers
Victims of Prejudice
Works on America
Two Pigs
Power of the Human Will 236
Chapter XVII
Yield of Gold
Its Duration
Mormon Gulch
The Distribution of Gold
Tunnelling
Damming Rivers
Holden's Garden
Energy in the Mines
Quartz Mines
Quartz Mining successful
The Author gets out of his Depth 304
Chapter XVIII
Transport Machinery to the Mine
The Carpenter Judge, and Constable Rowe
Cut-throat Jack
Greasers
French Miners
John
Chinaman
Chinese Ferocity
The Feast of Lanterns
Chinese
Despotism
False Sympathy 323
Chapter XIX
The Firemen of San Francisco
"We strive to Save"
A Barber's Saloon
Oysters
Places of Amusement
A Pickled Head
Shooting on Sight 341
Chapter XX
Rat-Catchers
Drays
Crested Partridge
A Marvellous Story
Sailors in the Mines
A Verdict
The Quartz has the best of it
I leave Tuttle-town 356
Chapter XXI
Advice to Emigrants
Gold Countries
Self-Doctoring
Advice continued
I arrive at Stockton 373
Chapter XXII
Elections
Executions
Reforms
Exiles
"Know Nothings"
Testimonials
Speaking Trumpets
Ocean Steamers
Life-Buoys
Air-Boats
Confidence necessary
Fitting a Raft
A Suggestion 387
Chapter XXIII
"Hercules" fails
Land Crabs
Mr. Bobbins
Rushing the Ship
New York 406
Chapter XXIV
Yellow Fever
A Wooden Head
Hard Times
A Gale
We Spring a Leak
Aeapulco
Smuggling
Cholera
Conclusion 417
Appendix 433