9781410209276

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Overview

The autobiography (originally published in 1891) of Hubert Howe Bancroft who was the founder of the Bancroft Library of Western Americana. He lived and recorded pioneer California as a newspaper man and studied these times as one of the great historians.The book consists of a fascinating series of essays outlining Bancroft's career as a historian, collector and publisher. Chapter XI, "Some of my Assistants," has brief sketches of Henry Oak, Thomas Savage, Frances Fuller Victor, and Ivan Petroff, among others, is especially interesting.

ISBN-13

9781410209276

ISBN-10

141020927X

Weight

1.15 Pounds

Dimensions

5.00 x 1.08 x 7.99 In

List Price

$34.50

Format

Paperback

Pages

484 pages

Publisher

Univ Pr of the Pacific

Published On

2003-11-01



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