Mountains and Molehills is essential reading for anyone wishing to build a mental picture of San Francisco and the Sacramento areas during the period of the Gold Rush from 1850 to 1852.
With wit and charming powers of description, Marryat paints a picture of American entrepreneurial genius in this rich land--rich in virgin soils as well as gold--for the busy immigrants building a new life in this recent addition to the Union.
Marryat arrived...