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Gibbs, Mifflin Wistar
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YA
Mifflin Wistar Gibbs's life story anchors this narrative. His experience of emigrating to California to seek wealth and opportunity parallels that of many African Americans and opens a fascinating window on the African-American experience in gold-rush San Francisco. This smoothly written history allows readers to examine a collective experience ignored in most historical accounts of this period. Archival photos illustrate the text. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Betty Carter
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2001
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