Name/Title
"THE CONTEST FOR CALIFORNIA IN 1861"Entry/Object ID
2004.163.1.1Description
Color: Gold; Red
"The Contest for California in 1861: How Colonel E. D. Baker Saved the Pacific States to the Union," by Elijah R. Kennedy (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company and Cambridge: The Riverside Press,) 1912. The hardcover book has a red cloth cover and gold spine lettering, consisting of the short title, author's last name, and the publisher's name. There are seventeen chapters to the 361-page work providing context to and specifics concerning the career of Col. Baker in California during the early stages of the Civil War and the attempts to stem secessionist support in the state. There are brief references in chapter twelve to Confederate sympathizers in Los Angeles. Later chapters chronicle Baker's battlefield career and his death in battle. There are also three appendices concerning a speech Baker gave while in the U. S. Senate, a discussion of the battle during which Baker died, and a letter about California disloyalty. There are a few portrait illustrations of Baker and other notable figures during the era. With corner and spine rubbing, small corner dents, some cover soiling, page yellowing, pencil marks on the inside front cover and front flysheet, including the name of a previous owner, journalist William D. Spalding, three pages with significant water stains at the front, handling stains, small tears to the cover fabric at corners, and slight warping to the front cover from the water exposure, the general condition is good.Lexicon
Search Terms
Three-dimensional, Books, Houghton Mifflin Company, Riverside Press, The, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865, California--History--1850-1869