page_title: Alonzo Delano
section_title: Partial works
hierarchical_section_title: Alonzo Delano / Partial works
caption_attribution_description: English: [DELANO, Alonzo (1802?-1874)]. Old Block’s Sketch-Book; or, Tales of California Life. Illustrated with Numerous Elegant Designs, by Nahl, the Cruikshank of California. Sacramento: James Anthony &amp; Co., 1856. Cover by Charles Nahl
context_page_description: Alonzo Delano, who went by the pen name "Old Block", was an American humorist, pioneer town city father, and a California Gold Rush Forty-niner. Delano's sketches of gold rush camp life rivaled Bret Harte and Mark Twain in popularity.
caption: Old Block's sketch-book; or, Tales of California life
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