Author: BREWER, WILLIAM H. & FRANCIS P. FARQUHAR (EDITED BY)
Title: Up and Down California in 1860–1864 the Journal of William H. Brewer
Description: Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1975. New Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0520027620. This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued thus without a dust jacket. There is some very beginning rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "In 1860, shortly after the death of his wife and newborn son, Brewer was invited by Josiah D. Whitney to become the chief botanist of the California Division of Mines and Geology (predecessor of today's California Geological Survey). Brewer led field parties in the extensive survey of the geology of California until 1864, when he became the Chair of Agriculture at Sheffield Scientific School. Brewer wrote extensively during the survey including many letters to family and friends, a compendium of which was eventually published by the Yale University Press in 1930 as Up and Down California in 1860-1864. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine .
Keywords: 0520027620 Californiana Francis P. Farquhar William H. Brewer California History California Geology
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Title: Up and Down California in 1860–1864 the Journal of William H. Brewer
Description: Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1975. New Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0520027620. This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued thus without a dust jacket. There is some very beginning rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "In 1860, shortly after the death of his wife and newborn son, Brewer was invited by Josiah D. Whitney to become the chief botanist of the California Division of Mines and Geology (predecessor of today's California Geological Survey). Brewer led field parties in the extensive survey of the geology of California until 1864, when he became the Chair of Agriculture at Sheffield Scientific School. Brewer wrote extensively during the survey including many letters to family and friends, a compendium of which was eventually published by the Yale University Press in 1930 as Up and Down California in 1860-1864. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine .
Keywords: 0520027620 Californiana Francis P. Farquhar William H. Brewer California History California Geology
Price: US$ 15.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 49142
- Book number: 49142
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