Buy this book on-line Peckham, Stephen F); Gerald T. White : Baptism in Oil; Stephen F. Peckham in Southern California 1865-66The Book Club of California. 1984. San Francisco., 1984
Book Club Publications 177. 138 pages; illustrations; notes; cloth backed illustrated boards. 500 copies printed by Ward Ritchie. In the Preface the author notes: "This book consists of three parts -- a reminiscent narrative by Stephen F. Peckham of his year in southern California in 1865-66; h is correspondence as chemist and geologist during this controversial cradle year of the California oil industry; and, encompassing the whole, a biographical sketch which I have written and broken into a prologue and an epilogue". Stephen Peckham rec alls his marriage in New York in 1865, he and his bride sailing for California through the Isthmus of Panama to San Francisco and subsequently travelling down state to Ojai and the California Petroleum Company, his new employer. His recollections paint vivid pictures of the petroleum business in California.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Peckham, Stephen F); Gerald T. White : Baptism in Oil; Stephen F. Peckham in Southern California 1865-66. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, antiquarian books, livres d'occasion, incunabula and out-of-print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |