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The Land Of Gold, Reality Versus Fiction

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The Land Of Gold, Reality Versus FictionISBN13:9781502351241ISBN10:1502351242Author:Helper, Hinton R. (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - This Is A Contemporary Account Of The California Gold Rush And One Man's Trip West From The Preface: Previous To My Departure For California, Near And Dear Friends Extracted From Me A Promise To Communicate By Letter, Upon Every Convenient Occasion, Such Intelligence As Would Give Them A Distinct Idea Of The Truthfulness Or Falsehood Of The Many Glowing Descriptions And Reputed Vast Wealth Of California In Accordance With This Promise, I Collected, From The Best And Most Reliable Sources, All That I Deemed Worthy Of Record Touching The Past Of The Modern El Dorado, Relying Upon My Own Powers Of Observation To Depicture Its Present Condition And Its Future Prospects This Correspondence Was Never Intended For The Public Eye, For The Simple Reason That The Matter Therein Is Set Forth In A Very Plain Manner, With More Regard To Truth Than Elegance Of Diction Indeed, How Could It Be Otherwise? I Have Only Described Those Things Which Came Immediately Under My Own Observation, And, Beside This, I Make No Pretensions To Extensive Scholastic Attainments, Nor Do I Claim To Be An Adept In The Art Of Book-Making A Weary And Rather Unprofitable Sojourn Of Three Years In Various Parts Of California, Afforded Me Ample Time And Opportunity To Become Too Thoroughly Conversant With Its Rottenness And Its Corruption, Its Squalor And Its Misery, Its Crime And Its Shame, Its Gold And Its Dross Simply And Truthfully I Gave The History Of My Experience To Friends At Home, Who, After My Return, Suggested That Profit Might Be Derived From Giving These Letters To The World In Narrative Form, And Urged Me So Strenuously, That I At Length Acceded To Their Wishes, But Not Without Much Reluctance, Being Doubtful As To The Reception Of A Book From One So Incapable As Myself Of Producing Anything More Than A Plain Unvarnished Tale In Order To Present A More Complete Picture Of California, I Have Added Two Chapters, That Describing The Route Through Nicaragua, And The General Resume At The Close Of My Volume All That I Solicit For This, My First Offering, Is A Liberal And Candid Examination; Not Of A Part, But Of The Whole-Not A Cursory, But A Considerate Reading Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2014-09-12Weight:0.43 lbsDimensions:0.3'' H x 9'' L x 6'' WNumber of Pages:140Language:English

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Book Title: Land of Gold, Reality Versus Fiction

Number of Pages: 140 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: CreateSpace

Publication Year: 2014

Topic: United States / 19th Century

Item Height: 0.3 in

Genre: History

Item Weight: 9.5 Oz

Author: Hinton Helper

Item Length: 9 in

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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