James Perrin Smith Articles on California

Résumé du livre

Photocopy manuscripts of three articles (one partial) on subjects pertaining to California. Written for an unidentified newspaper, the articles (containing edits, notes, and instructions to editors and printers for the placement of images and photographs. In "A California Robin Hood" (22 p.) Smith tells the story of Joel Dalton, a Gold Rush pioneer living in Oregon. The account centers around an eyewitness encounter Dalton had with Joaquin Murietta, the famed Mexican bandit known as "The Mexican Robin Hood." Dalton, a man who spoke Spanish and was friendly with the Mexican people, risked arrest when he refused to confirm Murietta's identity to the sheriff who had just arrested him. "Trout fishing on Kern River, California" (20 p.) is a detailed account of a fly-fishing trip to Kern River and the surrounding area. The partial manuscript (6 p., missing p. 1-2) appears to be a biographical sketch of the scientist Alexander Van Humboldt