Grit And Gold. The Death Valley Jayhawkers Of 1849

JEAN JOHNSON

Publication: University of Nevada Press, 2018, Reno & Las Vegas

First edition. 8vo. Tan cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, beige front and rear endpapers, xi [5], 272 pp., introduction, illustrated, maps, portraits, appendices, notes, works cited, about the author, index. The story of the Death Valley Jayhawkers of 1849 and the young men who traveled by wagon and foot from Illinois to the California gold rush. The party became hopelessly lost in the mountains and dry valleys of southern Nevada and California. A trek that turned their dreams of gold into hopes of survival. As new, unread copy in dust jacket.

Inventory Number: 53327