Howdy, As I stated in my PREVIEW post, this is a list of the books that I have acquired, either directly or indirectly, in the past one year through the efforts/advice of various listmembers.. Let's start with: NORTHERN TRAILS: COOKE, Lucy Rutledge. "Crossing the Plains in 1852." Modesto,CA Plumas Co. Hist. Soc. 1980.(NOTE: Haven't studied it much -looks good - lots of letters.) FISH, Mary C. 'Across the Plains in 1860".Unpublished;.copied by Col. R. Dana Fish 1955). (NOTE: An interesting Northern Trail diary from Iowa to Red Bluffs - pure diary with no index or annotations.) GARDINER, Howard C. "In Pursuit of the Golden Dream - Reminiscences of San Francisco and the Northern and Southern Mines, 1849-1857";ed.Dale Morgan,Western Hemisphere Inc.,MCMLXX..(NOTE: Another one of my favorites - lots of mining stuff). HAYS, Lorena L. "Land of Gold and Wickedness - The 1848-59 Diary of Lorena L. Hays". ed. Jeanne Hamilton Watson, St. Louis,MO: The Patrice Press1988 (NOTE: Just scanned it - the Northern Trail diary is only for 1853. Long book covering more than goldrush era. Lots of pixs and prints/lithos). MATTES, Merrill J. "Platte River Road Narratives." Urbana & Chicago: Unv/ of ILL. Press 1988.(NOTE:Just got the ILL loan - this monster book thumbnail describes diaries/letters/journals, etc on Northern Trail travel west from 1812 - to 1866 - looks pretty neato.) McKINSTRY, Byron N.."The Gold Rush Overland Diary of Byron N. McKinstry, 1850 - 1852". Glendale: Arthur Clark Co.1975(NOTE: Good diary - with personal comments by diarist's grandson), PRITCHARD, James A. "The Overland Diary of James A. Pritchard from KY to CA in 1849.", ed. Dale L. Morgan; Old West Publishing MCMLIX. (NOTE: A sorta inarticulate diarist -but excellent annotations by Morgan including a list of South Pass diarists crossing in 1849).. REID, Bernard J."Overland to California with the Pioneer Line - The Gold Rush Diary of Bernard J. Reid." ed. Mary McDougall Gordon; Stanford Univ.Press 1983. (NOTE A top notch Northern Trail diary with excellent annotations.) REID, Bernard J.. "Life in the California Goldfields in 1850: The Letters of Bernard J. Reid", ed. Mary M. Gordon, So.Cal. Quarterly, Spring, 1985,Hist. of So. of So CA.(NOTE: Excellent by an articulate author/49er) REYNOLDS, Edgar. "I Am Bound for California - The Overland Diary of Edgar Reynolds, ed.Robert N. Manley, Lincoln,NE Dageforde Pub. 1991 (NOTE: So, so diary. but excellent annotations.). SHAW, Reuben Cole. "Across the Plains in '49". ed.Milo M.Quaife, NY:The Citadel Press 1966.(NOTE: Haven't studied it much. But looks like a fun 49er reminiscence.) BY SEA : CHRISTMAN, Enos. "One Man's Gold - The Letters & Journal of a Forty-Niner, Enos Christman." ed. Florence Morrow Christman. NY: Whittlesey House 1930.(NOTE: One of my favorite 49er mining diaries - very articulate.) CLARK, Arthur H. "The Clipper Ship Era -An Epitome of Famous American and British Clipper Ships, Their Owners, Builders, Commanders, and Crews 1843 - 1869. .Riverside,Conn: 7 C's Press 1970. (NOTE:A wonderful old sailing book with much goldrush era sea stuff.) DELGADO, James P. "To California by Sea - A Maritime History of the California Gold Rush." - Univ. of So.Carolina Press. (NOTE: Superb book for researching goldrushers who arrived in CA by sea.) HEYL, Erik. "Early American Steamers. Vol.V" Buffalo,NY: Erik Heyl 1967. (NOTE: One of a five volume series. Contains drawings and descriptions.) LEWIS, Oscar. "Sea Routes to the Gold Fields - The Migration by Water to California in 1849 - 1852." NY:Alfred A. Knopf 1949.(NOTE: Another good sea travel to CA book). PERKINS, William, "William Perkins' Journal of Life at Sonora, 1849 - 1852,eds.Dale Morgan & J.R.Scobie;Berkeley: U of CA Press 1964(NOTE: Only read portions - excellent so far). PERLOT, Jean-Nicolas. "Gold Seeker - Adventures of a Belgian Argonaut during the Gold Rush Years" ed.Howard R. Lamar; New Haven: Yale Univ. Press,1985.(NOTE: Just scanned -looks good. Has a super-great reputation) PART 2 will be along in a minute, Bob Norris in Dallas <BNorris166aol.com>