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050		4	_aF865 _b.D65 2014
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100	1		_aDolnick, Edward, _d1952-
245	1	4	_aThe rush : _bAmerica's fevered quest for fortune, 1848-1853 / _cEdward Dolnick.
246	3	0	_aAmerica's fevered quest for fortune, 1848-1853 : a new history of the gold rush.
246	3	0	_aNew history of the gold rush.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bLittle, Brown and Company, _c2014.
264		4	_c©2014.
300			_axii, 350 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, portraits, facsimiles, photographs ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
520			_aDescribes 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.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPt. 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.
650		0	_aFrontier and pioneer life _zCalifornia.
651		0	_aCalifornia _xGold discoveries.
651		0	_aCalifornia _xHistory _y1846-1850.
650		7	_aGold mines and mining. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00944469.
650		7	_aOverland journeys to the Pacific. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01049347.
650		7	_aPioneers. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01064447.
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