The world rushed in
the California gold rush experience
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Author
Contributions
- Swain, William, 1821-1904. - Contributor
Publication
1981 - Simon and Schuster, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
139,750 words, Guess
Page Count
559 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveworldrushedincal00holl
- Internet Archiveworldrushedinthe00holl
- Internet Archivebeautiesoffrench00pico
- ISBN-100671255371
- ISBN-139780671255374
and 5 more
- Goodreads3343065
- LibraryThing107364
- Library of Congress Control Number81009333
- OCLC Control Number7671951
- Open LibraryOL4263514M
Classifications
- DDC979.4/04
- LCCF865 .H69
First Sentence
In midsummer 1848, city and small-town newspapers in the United States told of political debate in Washington over a plan to prohibit the expansion of slavery into the West and specifically into the territories recently conquered from Mexico.
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- The world rushed in: the California gold rush experience
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