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New England to Gold Rush California : the journal of Alfred and Chastina W. Rix, 1849-1854 / edited with commentary by Lynn A. Bonfield.
Van Pelt Library CT275.R627 A3 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rix, Alfred, 1822-1904.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rix, Alfred, 1822-1904--Diaries.
- Rix, Alfred.
- Rix, Chastina W. (Chastina Walbridge), 1824-1857--Diaries.
- Rix, Chastina W.
- Rix, Alfred, 1822-1904.
- Gold mines and mining.
- Manners and customs.
- Vermont--Social life and customs--19th century--Sources.
- Vermont.
- Vermont--Biography.
- San Francisco (Calif.)--Social life and customs--19th century--Sources.
- San Francisco (Calif.).
- San Francisco (Calif.)--Biography.
- California--Gold discoveries--Sources.
- California.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Biographies.
- Diaries.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 400 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Norman, Okla. : Arthur H. Clark Co., 2011.
- Contents:
- Biographies and wedding trip : July 29-August 16, 1849
- Village life in Vermont at Peacham Corner : August 17-December 31, 1849
- Married life, teaching, and politics : January 1-May 14, 1850
- "Boarding ourselves" and ending Alfred's principalship : May 15-August 14, 1850
- Studying law, preparing for baby, and catching gold fever : August 15-December 31, 1850
- Practicing law and caring for baby and home : January 1-September 14, 1851
- Alfred prepares for California : September 15-October 4, 1851
- Chastina in Vermont and Alfred in California : October 5, 1851-August 22, 1852
- Chastina prepares for California : August 22-November 16, 1852
- Travels to California : recounting events of October 1851 to February 1853
- The San Francisco years : May 12, 1853-April 23, 1854
- Alfred's afterword : May 21, 1857.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-380) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780870623929
- 0870623923
- OCLC:
- 650505666
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