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| | The Maritime Heritage Project: Gold Rush Books, 19th Century Reading, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Mark Twain |
 | | His beat was all of Northern California, and herein he writes of mining life in Coloma, Angels Camp, Murphys, Columbia, Truckeer, and of life in Shasta County. |
 | | He, too, is captivated by Mt. Shasta, and writes: "No matter how they approached the California North, there came a day, a certain moment on the trail, when they saw it, a white, far-off enchantment against the distant blue sky. |
 | | From haunted houses to men who have lost their heads and the "real Mark Hopkins", the authors have gathered a collection of stories dedicated to "people who believe a little bit in everything." They included an ancient Indian legend that tells of the great bird with white wings that died and was buried shifting sands. |
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