Anton Roman
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Anton Roman was a miner, bookseller, and publisher in California during the second half of the nineteenth century. Over a career spanning more than four decades, he founded the literary magazine Overl
In the late 1870s
A postcard of Shasta Book Store circa 1855.
Overland Monthly
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The Overland Monthly was a monthly literary and cultural magazine, based in California, United States. It was founded in 1868 and published between the second half of the 19th century and the first ha
Anton Roman
…publisher in California during the second half of the nineteenth century. Over a career spanning more than four decades, he founded the literary magazine Overland Monthly and established one of the earliest successful bookselling enterprises in the American West. Through his publishing imprint, Roman issued more than one…
The Overland Monthly, 1869
Bret Harte, 1868
SF Chronicle Mutt and Jeff advertisement in the Overland, 1916
Overland Monthly, January 1919