Buy this book on-line Ellwood, Elizabeth Hurst : The Life Of Captain Stephen Palmer Blake From His JournalsGenealogy Publishing Service, Franklin, NC, 1995
B&W Photographs The author is Stephen's great granddaughter. Stephen Palmer Blake was born in 1822 in West Cambridge (now Arlington) Massachuset ts. At the age of 15 he went to sea as a cabin boy and followed the sea for 35 years. Included in these journals are his firshand accounts of gold mining, bear hunting and rattlesnake encounters in California during the gold rush era. He also described the society, customs, eliefs and treatment of California's native Americans. He also stayed two months in Hawaii and recorded his impressions of the landscape and the native Kanakas, Fine in Fine DJ, 8vo Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Ellwood, Elizabeth Hurst : The Life Of Captain Stephen Palmer Blake From His Journals. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, livres anciens, libri antichi, antiquarian books and rare books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |