"One of the classic first-person accounts of the California Gold
Rush period." In 1848, two years before California became a state,
and at a time when the population of the area was sparse, James W.
Marshall discovered gold while constructing a saw mill along the
American River in Coloma, northeast of present-day Sacramento. Over
the following months, word spread across America and overseas and
gold seekers soon began to arrive in Northern California by the
thousands, hoping to find riches. John David Borthwick, a young
artist from Scotland, was one of the adventurous men who came to
California. He spent three years in the golden state, at first
mining and then using his artistic talents to capture the life of
the pioneers with pencil and paper as he explored the Sierra mining
camps and the towns rising up to meet the expanding population. In
1857, after returning to Europe, he published, "Three Years in
California," which remains one of the classic first-person accounts
of the California Gold Rush period. Borthwick's book colorfully
portrays so well the diverse cultures, the hardships, the
successes, and failures, of a state coming into being. An excellent
book on the early history of San Francisco, Sacramento,
Placerville, and other towns in the Sierra foothills of California.
Linda Pendleton, a California native, has written an Introduction
to Borthwick's historical account. She is the author of nonfiction
and fiction. She has written Introductions to other historical
books about California.
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