Gold Seeker - Adventures of a Belgian Argonaut during the Gold Rush Years (Paperback, New Ed)

"A splendid piece of Americana, for Perlot was a witty, gingery, intelligent man with a sharp eye for significant detail. . . . His book . . . has been translated and thoroughly annotated by the late Helen Harding Bretnor, who deserves the gratitude of all readers with a taste for the history of the Old West."-Atlantic Monthly "A lively memoir."-Evan S. Connell, New York Times Book Review "Provides a narrative as amusing as it is informative. Perlot is real gold, dug belatedly from the California mines."-Gerald Weales, Smithsonian "A marvelous book. . . . Perlot's observations, both as a foreign miner and a settler in the pioneer West, give new meaning to a familiar historical experience."-Mary McDougall Gordon, Pacific Historical Review In 1850, Jean-Nicolas Perlot, a 26-year-old Belgian, joined a French mining company bound for the gold fields of California. This book is Perlot's witty and informative account of his life in California and his subsequent career in the newly rich town of Portland, Oregon.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 1998
First published:	November 1998
Authors:	Jean-Nicolas Perlot
Editors:	Howard R. Lamar
Translators:	Helen Harding Bretnor
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	452
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-07645-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-300-07645-2
Barcode:	9780300076455

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