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

9781437274257

ISBN-10

1437274250

Weight

1.93 Pounds

Dimensions

6.00 x 1.25 x 9.00 In

List Price

$53.95

Format

Hardcover

Pages

482 pages

Publisher

Kessinger Publishing

Published On

2008-10-01



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