The Miner Poet
Longley, Alexander Preston / Leek, Nancy / Rudderow, John![The Miner Poet](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/148/14888219/CHSBZCOP0314888219.jpg)
Pres Longley settled into Butte County in the 1800s to mine gold and write. His verse reflects the interests, concerns, and struggles of California's growing years. He gives the reader an entertaining look at the effect that the gradual arrival of women had on the giant bachelor party that was gold rush California. The decline of mining and the burgeoning of agriculture, the political battles, the debates over how to treat the Indians and the ...