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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-339) and index

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non fiction

Main title

The rush

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bibliography

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863596051

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Edward Dolnick

Sub title

America's fevered quest for fortune, 1848-1853

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

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- Part I: Hope -- Chapter one: A crack in time -- Chapter two: "I believe I have found a goldmine" -- Chapter three: Headlong into history -- Part II: Journey -- Chapter four: Swarming in from all over -- Chapter five: A day at the circus -- Chapter six: An army on the march -- Chapter seven: Let us glory in our magnificence -- Chapter eight: A rope of sand -- Chapter nine: Gone! -- Chapter ten: Marooned -- Chapter III: Reality -- Chapter eleven: First peeks at the golden land -- Chapter twelve: Hard times -- Chapter thirteen: At ease in a barbarous land -- Chapter fourteen: Taking the bread from American miners -- Chapter fifteen: The princess and the mangled hand -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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America's fevered quest for fortune, 1848-1853

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