The Gold Rush: Letters of David Wooster from California to the Adrian, Michigan, Expositor 1850-1855

The Cumming Press, Mount Pleasant, MI. 1972. Hardcover. One of a Limited Edition of 487 copies. Retired library copy. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; glue remnant on the tail; torn paper on rear pastedown from pocket removal; scant shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. No DJ. Gray cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and prospector in gilt on the front board. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 85 pp 8vo. David Wooster was a practicing physician in Adrian, MI who departed in March 1850 for the gold fields of California via St. Joseph, MO. During his time in Adrian, he was acquainted with the Jermain Brothers who published the Expositor newspaper and became their "regular correspondent" on what was going on in the California gold fields until March 1855 when he gave up on gold and moved to San Francisco to resume his medical practice. His newsy letters tell of his journey to California, his life in the gold fields, the ups and downs in the lives of the prospectors, their finances, and the risks involved in that way of life. A clean very presentable copy.…