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New England to Gold Rush California: The Journal of Alfred and Chastina W. Rix,

Description: Maroon cloth boards with gold titling. No DJ as published. Book is pristine, unread, in new condition. On July 29, 1849, after an eight-year courtship, two young schoolteachers were married in a small town in northern Vermont. Their story could easily have been lost to history, except that Alfred and Chastina Rix had the foresight to begin recording their observations in a joint journal. Their unique husband-and-wife account, which captures the turbulence of life and events during the gold rush era, is also a personal and compelling chronicle of a singular family's separation and reunion. When the Rixes began their journal, abolition, temperance, and the westward movement dominated New England culture and politics. Stricken with "gold fever," Alfred headed to California, while Chastina stayed behind. Alone with their young son in Vermont, Chastina continued the journal, describing her loneliness and fatigue as she labored to maintain the household, and summarizing Alfred's frequent letters. After establishing himself economically in San Francisco, Alfred urged his wife to join him. Chastina and their two-year-old son traveled by ship, via Panama, to California, where the couple resumed their journal, continuing the pattern of alternating entries and detailing life in the burgeoning city. Alfred's concluding notes at the end of the journal are an abrupt reminder that, just as now, life in the middle of the nineteenth century could bring unexpected and personal tragedy. In her careful editing of the journal, Lynn A. Bonfield has preserved its original spelling and punctuation while enriching the story with photographs and insightful annotations. Her lively chapter introductions place the journal in the context of both New England and California history and culture. All proceeds go directly to the Friends of the Fletcher Free Library in Burlington, Vermont. Thank you for supporting our library! We protect our books by shipping in boxes, not envelopes, and we do not use stock photos. All shipments tracked by USPS media mail unless specific alternate methods requested.

Price: 45 USD

Location: Burlington, Vermont

End Time: 2024-07-31T15:02:38.000Z

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Item Specifics

Restocking Fee: No

Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer

All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

Item must be returned within: 30 Days

Refund will be given as: Money Back

Binding: TC

Book Title: New England to Gold Rush California: The Journal o

Publisher: Arthur H. Clark Company

Item Length: 9.4

Subject: Journalism

Type: Textbook

Format: Hardback or Cased Book

EAN: 9780870623929

Language: English, ENG

ISBN: 0870623923

Item Height: 1.4

Author: Bonfield, Lynn A.

Personalized: No

Item Weight: 1.8

Item Width: 6.5

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