ix, 373 pp. (8vo) original cloth, spine lettered in gilt, recased. First Edition.

A pioneering work on the French in California. The first part of the book is a history of California, including discovery and much on the Gold Rush period. The second part is devoted to the French participation, especially gold seekers, also the filibusterer Raousset-Boulbon, Limantour, French mutual benefit society at San Francisco, Mokelumne Hill and Los Angeles, the Ligue National Francaise, and French Relief Fund during the European wars of 1870-71. Howes L304.