A must read for anyone interested in California history, maritime history, commercial history, costume history, 19th century history, linguistic history.

I listened to the audiobook during daily walks, which was preferable to reading the text (which I had started apparently several years ago!). Note that the audiofile of this particular Tantor edition is not broken up into chapters, so is difficult to navigate (luckily I had a paperback copy with which to compare when the audiobook crashed in my Hoopla app so I could figure out where I was).