Caughey, John Walton — Gold in the Cornerstone

Berkeley, California, University of California Press, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the Chronicles of California series. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned interior, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound handsomely in a burgundy cloth, with black lettering to spine, illustration to front cover. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn and lightly sunned along the edges, protected by a plastic coat. xvi, 321 pp. and complete with notes, index, bibliography, with two double-sided plates, and chapter headpieces by the artist W.R. Cameron. An accessible, well researched account of the California Gold Rush, and especially of James Wilson Marshall who went up the American river to build a mining operation for the Sutter Family. Includes the methods of the early gold-prospecting miners, the financial returns they reaped, what life was like in the camps and the eventual coming of law and government to them.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Very Good,