the life story of a deaf pioneer, including portions of his autobiographical notes and gold rush diary, and selections from family letters and reminiscences Booth, Edmund, 1810-1905 San Joaquin Pioneer & Historical Society (Stockton, Calif.) text biography cau monographic Stockton, Calif San Joaquin Pioneer and Historical Society 1953 eng

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iii, 72 p. mounted illus., ports. 25 cm. Edmund Booth (1810-1905) of Massachusetts lost his hearing and part of his sight by the time he was eight years old. Despite these disabilities, Booth led a full and adventurous life, leaving his Iowa farm in 1849 for nearly five years in the California gold fields. On his return to Iowa he left farming for journalism and became editor of the Abolitionist Anamosa Eureka. Edmund Booth (1810-1905) forty-niner (1953) contains Booth's diary and letters chronicling his overland crossing; prospecting at Feather River, Hangtown, and Sonora; visits to Sacramento, Columa, Columbia, and Stockton; and return voyage via Nicaragua, 1854. No known restrictions on publication. No copyright renewal found. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. n-us-ca California Gold discoveries F865 .B68 923.973 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.066 53003517 hdl:loc.gdc/calbk.066 DLC 820519 20250608024902.8 8380838 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)