Life on the Plains and Among the Diggings: Being Scenes and Adventures of an Overland Journey to California (Classics of the Old West series).

Alexandria, Virginia:: Time-Life Books, 1981.. Reprint Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: from a uniformly bound series: dark brown bonded leather with gilt text, stamped decoration on the front cover, all edges gilt, ribbon place marker; embossed ownership seal on the blank page that has publisher's statement on the verso; otherwise in Very Good condition.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Marbled endpapers. Description: Frontis illustration in black and white. This is a volume from the Time-Life Classics of the Old West series, and is a facsimile reprint of the 1854 edition published by Miller, Orton and Mulligan. Alonzo Delano was advised by his physician to seek a change of climate and life in the open air. Accordingly, Delano left for the gold fields by the overland route. His journey began in St Joseph in April of 1849. Delano arrived in Shasta County, California in September. The day to day incidents, set down in his diary, became the opening chapters of this book. (Howes Final Edition, Number 233; Paher's Nevada, Number 463; Mintz's Trail, number 121; Wheat's Gold Rush, number 57; Cowan, page 163) Lannon Mintz states, ''This may be the most interesting of all early California overland books.'' This includes the publisher's insert.