New England To Gold Rush California. The Journal Of Alfred And Chastina W. Rix 1849-1854

BONFIELD, LYNN A. [EDITED WITH COMMENTARY BY]

Publication: The Arthur H Clark Company, 2011, Norman

First edition. 8vo. Maroon cloth, titles stamped in gold gilt on the front cover and spine,400 pp., frontispiece, preface, acknowledgments, editor's note, illustrated, footnotes, appendices, bibliography, index. "Alfred S. Rix and Chastina Walbridge Rix started a shared journal in Peacham, Vermont, on their wedding day in July 1849. For almost five years they alternated entries, writing about everything from their roles within the marriage, to the birth and raising of their first child, to their differences when it came to deciding whether they should go to California along with many other Americans who were being drawn west by 'gold fever." - the Preface. They're trips to California, trying to be successful in the search for gold, and settling down in California rather than returning to Vermont are highlights of the book. As new, unread copy without dust jacket, as issued.