5795X1 First Edition. Chronicle Books, San Francisco: 1970. 305 pages. Softcover. Good condition. Signed by Charlotte Jackson, holder of copyright of book. The story of the years during which 600 million dollars in gold was lifted from stream beds, washed down from dry diggings, and crushed from hard quartz in what is still known as Gold Country. Drawing on personal knowledge of the area, publications of the period, and unpublished personal diaries, Joseph Henry Jackson compiled this vivid and definitive narrative that splendidly recreates the excitement of California's most dramatic decade. Includes illustrations and an Index. ISBN: 0877012733 $25.30USD
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