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Journal of Western Travel
by John McTurk Gibson
edited by Weldon Hoppe
The book Gibson was reading most likely refers to A Gil Blas in California. This book was written by Alexandre Dumas and originally published in French and German in 1852. It is about a young man who traveled from Europe to California during the gold rush of 1849.
If you follow the link below you will leave the Journal of Western Travel site and go to the Library of Congress site where the full text of this book is online in English.A Gil Blas in California