Project Gutenberg 2007-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 444 Shirley, Dame 1819 1906 Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith 22015468 The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Produced by Larry Mittell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52" by Dame Shirley is a collection of letters written in the mid-19th century. The work provides an intimate view of life in the mining camps of California during the Gold Rush era, as experienced by the author, a well-educated woman who addresses her sister in Massachusetts. Through her storytelling, she vividly captures the challenges and peculiarities of pioneer life, including the harsh conditions, social dynamics, and the spirit of adventure that defined the time. At the start of the narrative, we learn about Dame Shirley’s journey to Rich Bar, where her husband, a physician, hopes to recover his health and practice medicine. The letters detail her initial experiences traveling to the mining camp, the beautiful yet challenging landscape, and the vibrant yet rugged life around her. She describes encounters with Indian women gathering flower seeds, her observations of the miners and their lifestyle, and her reflections on what led her to this remote community. The opening lays the groundwork for a rich account of life in the California mining camps, marked by both hardship and human connection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en California -- Description and travel California -- Gold discoveries Shirley, Dame, 1819-1906 -- Correspondence Women pioneers -- California -- Correspondence F850.5 Text United States Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - American Browsing: Travel & Geography 549900 546905 2024-09-10T07:08:36.836902 2023-09-10T10:23:44.989159 text/html text/html 538818 2014-12-17T08:04:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 641055 2014-12-17T08:04:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 840443 2024-09-10T07:08:46.172368 application/epub+zip 850479 2024-09-10T07:08:38.835898 application/epub+zip 268252 2024-09-10T07:08:37.676875 application/epub+zip 1090793 2024-09-10T07:08:51.000330 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1081021 2024-09-10T07:08:45.332844 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 492477 2022-08-11T04:27:12.591177 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 482832 482747 2024-09-10T07:08:35.425876 2023-09-10T10:23:43.690145 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 482667 2014-12-17T08:04:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 191175 2014-12-17T08:04:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 482658 2014-12-17T08:04:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 191068 2014-12-17T08:04:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21118 2024-09-10T07:08:51.151295 application/rdf+xml 16985 2024-09-10T07:08:38.055892 image/jpeg 3835 2024-09-10T07:08:37.867877 image/jpeg 706042 2024-09-10T07:08:36.929901 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog