The Rush
America's Fevered Quest for Fortune, 1848-1853
New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Format: Ebook
Description: 1 online resource
Contents:
Hope. A crack in time ; "I believe I have found a gold mine!" ; Headlong into history -- Journey. Swarming from all over ; A day at the circus ; An army on the march ; Let us glory in our magnificence ; A rope of sand ; Gone! ; Marooned -- Reality. First peeks at the Golden Land ; Hard times ; At ease in a barbarous land ; Taking the bread from American miners ; The princess and the mangled hand.
Subjects:
Frontier and pioneer life -- California.
Gold mines and mining -- California.
Pioneers -- West (U.S.)
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
19th Century.
California -- Gold discoveries.
California -- History -- 1846-1850.
Frontier and pioneer life -- California.
Gold mines and mining -- California.
Pioneers -- West (U.S.)
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
19th Century.
California -- Gold discoveries.
California -- History -- 1846-1850.
ISBN:
9780316280563
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