The Pioneer: Or, California Monthly Magazine, Volume 4Le Count and Strong, 1966 General interest magazine, with emphasis on literature and poetry, some history, natural science, and current events. Contained the first publication of the Letters from Dame Shirley (Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe), 1819-1906. Her letters were an important description of life in the California Gold Rush mining camps. Zamorano 80, no. 69. |
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... ship , " said W slowly puffing the smoke from his mouth between the words , an old down - easter , and nearly loaded for Liverpool with grain and corn for the starving fellows on that side the pond . The ship is safe and comfortable ...
... ship , " said W slowly puffing the smoke from his mouth between the words , an old down - easter , and nearly loaded for Liverpool with grain and corn for the starving fellows on that side the pond . The ship is safe and comfortable ...
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... ship , the mast crashed off , twelve feet above the deck , carrying with it the mizzen and fore - topmasts . In a moment the ship seemed relieved of some intolerable burden . She gradually aroused herself , like an ani- mate being from ...
... ship , the mast crashed off , twelve feet above the deck , carrying with it the mizzen and fore - topmasts . In a moment the ship seemed relieved of some intolerable burden . She gradually aroused herself , like an ani- mate being from ...
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... ship could not long re- main afloat - indeed , her peculiar dead motion in the seaway was the most fatal signal of her approaching doom . All the boats had been washed overboard , and to launch a raft upon the tumbling sea around us ...
... ship could not long re- main afloat - indeed , her peculiar dead motion in the seaway was the most fatal signal of her approaching doom . All the boats had been washed overboard , and to launch a raft upon the tumbling sea around us ...
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Beauty By G 268 | 16 |
A Steeple Chase on the Prairies | 22 |
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