West of the West: The Story of California from the Conquistadores to the Great Earthquake, as Described by the Men and Women Who Were There (Witnesses to the California Experience, 1542-1906)

526, [2] pp. 8vo. A collection of firsthand accounts of Californian history, from early Spanish colonization through the great earthquake, with discussions of the Gold Rush, statehood, John Charles Fremont and Jessie Benton Fremont, Bret Harte, etc.