{"product_id":"9781628452563","title":"History of Amador County, California, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers","description":"\u003cb\u003eHistory of Amador County, California, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy JD Mason\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI--Knowledge of the Pacific Coast Fifty Years Since\u003cbr\u003eII--Big Canyon of the Colorado\u003cbr\u003eIII--Permanent Occupation of California\u003cbr\u003eIV--The Missions of St. Francis\u003cbr\u003eV--Downfall of the Old Missions\u003cbr\u003eVI--Primitive Agriculture\u003cbr\u003eVII--Sir Francis Drake's Discoveries\u003cbr\u003eVIII--The American Conquest\u003cbr\u003eIX--San Joaquin county from the Time Capt. CM Weber first Saw it in November, 1841 until the close of 1847\u003cbr\u003eX--Biographic Sketch of General Sutter\u003cbr\u003eXI--The King's Orphan\u003cbr\u003eXII--Sutter's Fort in 1846\u003cbr\u003eXIII--The History of the Donner Party\u003cbr\u003eXIV--The Discovery of Gold\u003cbr\u003eXV--Early Condition of this Region\u003cbr\u003eXVI--Amador County\u003cbr\u003eXVII--Domestic Habits of the Miners\u003cbr\u003eXVIII--Organization of Amador County\u003cbr\u003eXIX--Rancheria Murders\u003cbr\u003eXX--Political Parties in 1855\u003cbr\u003eXXI--Amador County at the Beginning of 1860\u003cbr\u003eXXII--End of the Second Decade\u003cbr\u003eXXIII--Condition of the County at the Beginning of the Third Decade--1870\u003cbr\u003eXXIV--Financial Matters in 1876\u003cbr\u003eXXV--Geology of Amador County\u003cbr\u003eXXVI--Geology of Amador County by George Madeira\u003cbr\u003eXXVII--Origin of Mineral Veins\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII--Quartz Mining\u003cbr\u003eXXIX--Quartz Mining East of the Mother Lode\u003cbr\u003eXXX--Jackson\u003cbr\u003eXXXI--Ione Valley and Vicinity\u003cbr\u003eXXXII--Lancha Plana and Vicinity\u003cbr\u003eXXXIII--Volcano and Vicinity\u003cbr\u003eXXXIV--North-Western Part of the County\u003cbr\u003eXXXV--North-Western Part of the County\u003cbr\u003eXXXVI--Eastern Part of Amador County\u003cbr\u003eXXXVII--Arroyo Seco Grant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWindham Press is committed to bringing the lost cultural heritage of ages past into the 21st century through high-quality reproductions of original, classic printed works at affordable prices. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book has been carefully crafted to utilize the original images of antique books rather than error-prone OCR text. This also preserves the work of the original typesetters of these classics, unknown craftsmen who laid out the text, often by hand, of each and every page you will read. Their subtle art involving judgment and interaction with the text is in many ways superior and more human than the mechanical methods utilized today, and gave each book a unique, hand-crafted feel in its text that connected the reader organically to the art of bindery and book-making. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe think these benefits are worth the occasional imperfection resulting from the age of these books at the time of scanning, and their vintage feel provides a connection to the past that goes beyond the mere words of the text.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Windham Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037061628144,"sku":"9781628452563","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781628452563_p0.jpg?v=1763866100","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781628452563","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}