A SCOTCH PAISANO: HUGO REID'S LIFE IN CALIFORNIA, 1832-1852 DERIVED FROM HIS CORRESPONDENCE

Dakin, Susanna Bryant [1905-1966]

Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 1939

About this Item

Large 8vo. xvii, 312p. Illustrated with two black and white captioned drawings after paintings by Maynard Dixon and one folding map of Spanish and Mexican Land Grants. Appendix A. Register of British and American Residents in California Prior to 1840. Appendix B. Hugo Reid's Letters on the Los Angeles County Indians. Notes, Bibliography and Index. Orange cloth with brown letters on the front cover and with brown letters and decorations on the spine. Just touches of wear to extremities, cloth clean and bright, a couple of small spots on fore-edge of textblock, all illustrations and folding map present and in fine condition, else near fine to fine with no internal markings. Dust jacket somewhat darkened with a couple of small chips missing. This is a standard work on California in mid-19th century based on documentary evidence found in the correspondence of Hugo Reid [1810-1852], a Scottish-born trader who went to California in 1832 from Mexico and formed a firm with Jacob Leese to trade local hides for imported manufactured goods. He married Dona Victoria, a cultivated Indian woman, and became a large landholder of Rancho Santa Anita. He wrote 22 "letters" about California Indians for the LOS ANGELES STAR (1852), which are contained in this book. [information from A COMPANION TO CALIFORNIA]. Seller Inventory # 007071

Bibliographic Details

Title: A SCOTCH PAISANO: HUGO REID'S LIFE IN ...

Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley, CA

Publication Date: 1939

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition