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Charles D. FergusonTHE EXPERIENCES OF A FORTY-NINER DURING THIRTY-FOUR YEARS' RESIDENCE IN CALIFORNIA AND AUSTRALIA.
Cleveland: The Williams Publishing Company, 1888. xviii,[9]-507pp., including illustrations. Frontispiece and two portraits. Original cloth, front board and spine gilt. Cloth worn at spine ends. Overall very good. Item #WRCAM44178
The overland journey to the gold fields by the Ohio native Ferguson is recounted in the first ten chapters, followed by three chapters on California gold digging, with the rest of the text devoted to travels and mining in Australia and New Zealand. Edited by Frederick T. Wallace. DECKER 23:167. FLAKE 3324. EBERSTADT 125:114. WHEAT GOLD RUSH 74. COWAN, p.106. FERGUSON 9584. GRAFF 1035. KURUTZ 235a.
Price: $125.00