A rush of dreamers
being the remarkable story of Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico
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Word Count
53,750 words, Guess
Page Count
215 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL683480M
- ISBN-101569247757
- OCLC Control Number37397962
- OCLC Control Numberrushofdreamersbe00cech
- Library of Congress Control Number97030231
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- Goodreads1272403
- LibraryThing353588
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3553.E296 R46 1997
Description
In San Francisco, a city famous for its eccentrics, the most celebrated of all was Joshua Norton who, in 1859, declared himself Emperor of the United States. One of the original '49ers, Norton made and lost a fortune (and a good portion of his reason) during those rough and ready first years of the "instant" city that grew out of the sand dunes of Yerba Buena. John Cech's novel recreates those dizzying days of the Gold Rush and its aftermath, when dreams of sudden riches could quickly become nightmares, and survival depended on the kindness of strangers and the persistence of the imagination. It does, finally, what Mark Twain urged someone to do for his friend the Emperor over a century ago - "write him up." Along the way, Cech tells the story not only of Emperor Norton but also of that Whitman-like catalogue of dreamers - merchants and mechanics, bandits and blacksmiths, clerks and clairvoyants, artists and inventors - who found themselves rushing for the promise of California.
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