George Willis Read, 1819-1880; the Record of a Journey Overland from Independence, Missouri, to Hangtown (Placerville), California, in the Spring of 1850, with a Letter from the Diggings in October of the Same Year and an Account of a Journey from New York to California, Via Panama, in 1862, Capture by the Confederate Raider Alabama, Etc., and a Visit to the Nevada Silver Mining District in 1863