California as it is, and as it may be: or, A guide to the gold region

The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52

Dame Shirley

The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851‑52 present a series of twenty‑three epistolary fragments…

Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California

Caroline C. Leighton

Caroline C. Leighton’s Life at Puget Sound is a sprawling travelogue that blends personal narrative with…

Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California

Mary E. Anderson

Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California is a mid‑nineteenth‑century travel memoir compiled from the…

The Land of Little Rain

Mary Austin

Los gringos; or, An inside view of Mexico and California: with wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia

H. A. Wise

Old Mexico and her lost provinces: A journey in Mexico, southern California, and Arizona by way of Cuba

William Henry Bishop