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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Dolnick, Edward, 1952-     Subjects     Gold mines and mining -- California -- History -- 19th century.     Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.     Overland journeys to the Pacific.     California -- Gold discoveries.     California -- History -- 1846-1850.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Dolnick, Edward, 1952-       by title:      The rush : America's...       by call number:      979.404 D665r     Search the Web     Dolnick, Edward, 1952-     Gold mines and mining -- California -- History -- 19th century.     Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.     Overland journeys to the Pacific.     California -- Gold discoveries.     California -- History -- 1846-1850.       MARC Display

The rush : America's fevered quest for fortune, 1848-1853 / Edward Dolnick. by Dolnick, Edward, 1952- Little, Brown, and Company, 2014. Call #: 979.404 D665r Subjects Gold mines and mining -- California -- History -- 19th century.   Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.   Overland journeys to the Pacific.   California -- Gold discoveries.   California -- History -- 1846-1850. ISBN:  9780316175685 (hc.) 0316175684 (hc.) Alternate title:  America's fevered quest for fortune, 1848-1853 Edition:  First edition. Description:  xii, 350 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm Notes:  "A New history of the Gold Rush." -- Cover. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-339) and index. Contents:  Hope. A crack in time ; "I believe I have found a gold mine!" ; Headlong into history -- 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 -- 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. 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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 979.404 D665r Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 979.404 D665r Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Nonfiction 979.404 D665r Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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