Mountains and Molehills (eBook)

Or Recollections from a Burnt Journal

Frank Marryat (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
424 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-62914-089-6 (ISBN)

Infos

After a tragic fire in San Francisco destroyed many of his possessions, including his journals, Frank Marryat rewrote, from memory, much of what he had documented during his time in California in the middle of the gold craze of 1850. This historical treasure, originally published in 1855, the year that the author died of complications from yellow fever, recreates for readers the frenzy that drew thousands of miners and prospectors to California in their rush to find gold. Empathetic readers will feel the fear of yellow fever as this harrowing Englishman crosses Panama to reach California. However, not only will readers be exposed to Marryats own struggles to run a hotel and mine for gold, but they will also read about hardships emigrants had to overcome, the different types of mining in California, and the differences between miners from around the world, including French miners, Chinese miners, and English miners. Chapters include:The Old Crab-CatcherCoyote HuntingJoe BellowField of GoldTransport Machinery to the MineThe Fireman of San FranciscoAnd much more!Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Autor

Frank Marryat (1826–1855) was a sailor, artist, and author. In 1850, he left England for California via Panama. In 1853, he returned to England, married, and left England again with his new bride to return to California, again via Panama. However, he contracted yellow fever and was forced to cut his trip short to return to England, where he died shortly after. Mountains and Molehills was published after his death.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.6.2014
• Zusatzinfo: 26 B&W illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Neuzeit bis 1918
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: 1850 • America • anchorage • ants • apparel • Arcadia • baggage • barque • Bells • blanches • boatmen • books o • books on anchorage • books on ants • books on apparels • books on arcadia • books on baggages • books on barques • books on bells • books on boatmen • books on canoes • books on cherokees • books on emigrants • books on emigrations • books on fellows • books on fevers • books on files • books on grenada • books on huts • books on idaho • books on isthmus • books on leeward • books on luggages • books on minings • books on muslin • books on natives books on californians • books on newcomers • books on padrones • books on panama • books on parasites • books on resting-places books on blanches • books on steamers • books on teaks • books on travellers • books on whars • California • Californian • canoes • cask • Cherokee • eatable • emigrants • Emigration • fellows • festoons • Fever • file • Grenada • Homeward • huts • Idaho • invariably • Isthmus • Leeward • luggage • miners • Mining • mules • muslin • mutinous • Natives • Newcomer • padrone • Panama • Parasites • Postcards • resting-place • slung • Steamer • Teak • Travellers • whar
• ISBN-10: 1-62914-089-9 / 1629140899
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62914-089-6 / 9781629140896