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Howe, Octavius Thorndike - Argonauts of '49: History and Adventures of the Emigrant Companies from Massachusetts 1849-1850

Title: Argonauts of '49: History and Adventures of the Emigrant Companies from Massachusetts 1849-1850
Description: Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1923. Second printing. Hardcover. Octavo (6.5" x 9.75") bluecloth, gilt. 221pp. with bibliography and appendix. Illustrated with frontispiece and 8 ship portraits. "This is the story of the companies of adventurers who left Massachusetts for California to acquire wealth and assist in building a new state in a distant and, to them, unknown country." "This is the story of the companies of adventurers who left Massachusetts for California to acquire wealth and assist in building a new state in a distant and, to them, unknown country. Very Good .

Keywords: Maritime; Massachusetts; California; Gold Rush Western Americana

Price: US$ 27.50 Seller: Austin's Antiquarian Books
- Book number: 12155

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