First and Last Consul : Thomas Oliver Larkin and the Americanization of California. : A Selection of Letters.

Edited By John A. Hawgood.

ISBN 10: 0870151843 / ISBN 13: 9780870151842

Published by Palo Alto: Pacific Books, 1970., 1970

About this Item

2nd edition (originally 1962), 147pp, (6 x 9.5 inches), b&w photo of Larkin and of two handwritten documents, index. Very Good/ Good, hardcover with a dust jacket. Owner's name on front endpaper, otherwise book itself is crisp, clean, bright and firmly bound. No bumps, tears or creases, no markings, The jacket has wear to the edges with little chips and tears. and a rough spot on front panel (label removal?). Now in DJ protector. This new edition includes the records of the birth and death of the first child of American parents born in Alta California.

Seller Inventory # 27555

Bibliographic Details

• Title: First and Last Consul : Thomas Oliver Larkin and the Americanization of California. : A Selection of Letters.
• Publisher: Palo Alto: Pacific Books, 1970.
• Publication Date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870151843
• ISBN 13: 9780870151842
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Western Americana

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Synopsis

U.S. Consul at Monterey from 1844 to 1848, Thomas Larkin is well-known to any student of California history. Larkin achieved immortality because his office became the nerve center of American activities in California before the Mexican War and because he left behind a voluminous and revealing correspondence. In this volume, John Hawgood has brought together some of Larkin's most interesting letters, many of which were published in George Hammond's ten volume Larkin Papers. When First and Last Consul appeared in 1962 scholars received it warmly because the letters provided a long-needed corrective to Reuben Underhill's biography of Larkin; because Hawgood's choice of letters shed considerable light on commercial and political affairs in California when Larkin was consul; and because Hawgood's narrative provided a unity to the Larkin letters that made the book a pleasure to read.