Gold
firsthand accounts from the rush that made the West
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Publication
2014 - TwoDot, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, Connecticut, Connecticut
Language
English
Word Count
86,750 words, Guess
Page Count
347 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL31019595M
- Internet Archivegoldfirsthandacc0000step
- ISBN-139780762791507
- ISBN-100762791500
- Library of Congress Control Number2014010709
and 1 more
- Better World Books9780762791507
Classifications
- DDC979.4/04
- LCCF865 .S8196 2014
- LCCF865.S8196 2014
Description
"The Gold Rush era was an amazing time in our country's history. California had just been occupied during the Mexican-American War and wasn't officially a U.S. territory yet when gold was discovered in 1848. Suddenly the whole world was electrified by the news and tales of men digging vast amounts of wealth out of the ground, even finding gold nuggets just lying around. Within five years, 250,000 miners dug up more than $200 million in gold--about $600 billion in today's dollars. Gold offers a feel for what it was like to live through the heady days of the discovery and exploitation of gold in California in the mid-1800s through firsthand accounts, short stories, and tall tales written by the people who were there. These eyewitness accounts offer an immediacy that brings the events to life"--
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