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The rush : America's fevered quest for fortune, 1848-1853 / Edward Dolnick.

By: Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 350 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles, photographs ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780316175685
  • 0316175684
Other title:
  • America's fevered quest for fortune, 1848-1853 : a new history of the gold rush
  • New history of the gold rush
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 979.4/04
LOC classification:
  • F865 .D65 2014
Contents:
Pt. 1: Hope. A crack in time ; "I believe I have found a gold mine!" ; Headlong into history -- Pt. 2: 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 -- Pt. 3: 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.
Summary: Describes the adventurous prospectors who traversed the United States in 1848 in response to rumors of gold in the Sacramento Valley, detailing the rough and rowdy cities that popped up, seemingly out of thin air, to accommodate the treasure-seekers.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks F865 .D65 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001295624

Describes the adventurous prospectors who traversed the United States in 1848 in response to rumors of gold in the Sacramento Valley, detailing the rough and rowdy cities that popped up, seemingly out of thin air, to accommodate the treasure-seekers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1: Hope. A crack in time ; "I believe I have found a gold mine!" ; Headlong into history -- Pt. 2: 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 -- Pt. 3: 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.

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