Buckeye in the Land of Gold: The Letters and Journal of William Dennison Bickham

by Randall E. Ham

Lively, detailed and reflective, William Dennison Bickham's California Gold Rush letters and diary are among the finest writings about the California Gold Rush. His account includes topics and characters largely ignored in other gold rush accounts. Bickham provides a detailed and intimate record of one man's experience enroute to, in and out of the mining camps.

Bickham's account is now published for the first time in book form. His recounting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870622633
• ISBN13: 9780870622632
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Arthur H. Clark Company
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"