Taylor, R.R. SEEING THE ELEPHANT. Letters of R.R. Taylor, Forty-Niner. Edited byJohn Walton Caughey. 1951 1st 16 pp. illustrations. Los Angeles, CA: Ward Ritchie Press, 1951. First edition, one of 250copies. Sheaf of 19 letters, written between May 26, 1849 and April 30, 1850, comprising a distinctive social history of gold rush California by a sensitive observer with a fluent pen. A Massachusetts journalist and customs house inspector, Taylor traveled to California via the Panamic route, briefly working as a prospector and storekeeper in the diggings, before cutting his losses and returning home in 1850. His letters home to his wife contain graphic accounts of his sea voyage, pioneer San Francisco, and life in the diggings during the winter of 1849-50. This volume's title is taken from the popular phrase of pre-Republican days, which meant going through a trying and unpleasant experience and getting the best of it, or at least coming out alive. Near fine in original illustrated paper-covered boards. Price: USD 100.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003713I    inquire

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