Author: WOOD, R. COKE (EDITOR)
Title: A Night in Wingdam Or Murphys Diggins and Other Short Stories
Description: Stockton, CA: Simard Printing Company, 1960. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The booklet and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The booklet covers have some spots of ground-in dirt and a couple of smallish creases. The text pages are generally clean and bright, with spots of foxing. "Richard Coke Wood (1905-1979) , California historian, author, teacher, was born in Oklahoma and was raised in Owens Valley, California. He attended the University of Hawaii, College of the Pacific (B. A. 1932, M. A. 1934) , and the University of Southern California (Ph. D, 1950). A high school teacher in the 1930's, he developed a lasting interest in Mother Lode history while recovering from tuberculosis at the Bret Harte Sanitarium in Murphys (1938-1941). During his career he held many administrative and teaching positions, including that of proprieter of the Old Timers Museum in Murphys (ca. 1949-1978) ; Education Director, Bret Harte Sanitarium (1941-1950) ; Instructor and Chairman of the Social Sciences Division at Stockton and San Joaquin Delta College (1950-1971) ; holder of the Rockwell D. Hunt Chair in California History at the University of the Pacific (1951-1971) ; and, Director of the Pacific Center for Western Historical Studies (1976).". Very Good- .
Keywords: Californiana R. Coke Wood Francis Bret Harte Short Stories Gold Country Murphys, CA
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Title: A Night in Wingdam Or Murphys Diggins and Other Short Stories
Description: Stockton, CA: Simard Printing Company, 1960. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The booklet and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The booklet covers have some spots of ground-in dirt and a couple of smallish creases. The text pages are generally clean and bright, with spots of foxing. "Richard Coke Wood (1905-1979) , California historian, author, teacher, was born in Oklahoma and was raised in Owens Valley, California. He attended the University of Hawaii, College of the Pacific (B. A. 1932, M. A. 1934) , and the University of Southern California (Ph. D, 1950). A high school teacher in the 1930's, he developed a lasting interest in Mother Lode history while recovering from tuberculosis at the Bret Harte Sanitarium in Murphys (1938-1941). During his career he held many administrative and teaching positions, including that of proprieter of the Old Timers Museum in Murphys (ca. 1949-1978) ; Education Director, Bret Harte Sanitarium (1941-1950) ; Instructor and Chairman of the Social Sciences Division at Stockton and San Joaquin Delta College (1950-1971) ; holder of the Rockwell D. Hunt Chair in California History at the University of the Pacific (1951-1971) ; and, Director of the Pacific Center for Western Historical Studies (1976).". Very Good- .
Keywords: Californiana R. Coke Wood Francis Bret Harte Short Stories Gold Country Murphys, CA
Price: US$ 45.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 46271
- Book number: 46271
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