HIGHLY RESPECTABLE FAMILIES--THE CORNISH OF GRASS VALLEY CA
1854-1974 BY SHIRLEY EWART W/ HAROLD GEORGE
Dozens of people were interviewed and they all made outstanding material for this book of eight representative families. Vivid and readable account of what happened during 100 years of nearly constant emigration from Cornwall to California.
In the American mining heyday the Cornish all over America would have been familiar with Grass Valley as it dreew Cousin Jacks & Jennies from other mining regions as well as direct from Cornwall.
Soft cover, 178 pages, black and white photos, $17.
