Author: James Augustin Brown Scherer
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
The First Forty-niner and the Story of the Golden Tea-caddy
Author: James Augustin Brown Scherer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
The First Forty-niner and the Story of the Golden Tea-caddy
Author: James Augustin Brown Scherer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
The Mississippi Valley Historical Review
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ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Includes articles and reviews covering all aspects of American history. Formerly the Mississippi Valley Historical Review,
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Includes articles and reviews covering all aspects of American history. Formerly the Mississippi Valley Historical Review,
The Age of Gold
Author: H. W. Brands
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307481220
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
From the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War—the epic story of the California Gold Rush, “a fine, robust telling of one of the greatest adventure stories in history" (David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of John Adams). The California Gold Rush inspired a new American dream—the “dream of instant wealth, won by audacity and good luck.” The discovery of gold on the American River in 1848 triggered the most astonishing mass movement of peoples since the Crusades. It drew fortune-seekers from the ends of the earth, accelerated America’s imperial expansion, and exacerbated the tensions that exploded in the Civil War. H.W. Brands tells his epic story from multiple perspectives: of adventurers John and Jessie Fremont, entrepreneur Leland Stanford, and the wry observer Samuel Clemens—side by side with prospectors, soldiers, and scoundrels. He imparts a visceral sense of the distances they traveled, the suffering they endured, and the fortunes they made and lost. Impressive in its scholarship and overflowing with life, The Age of Gold is history in the grand traditions of Stephen Ambrose and David McCullough.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307481220
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
From the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War—the epic story of the California Gold Rush, “a fine, robust telling of one of the greatest adventure stories in history" (David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of John Adams). The California Gold Rush inspired a new American dream—the “dream of instant wealth, won by audacity and good luck.” The discovery of gold on the American River in 1848 triggered the most astonishing mass movement of peoples since the Crusades. It drew fortune-seekers from the ends of the earth, accelerated America’s imperial expansion, and exacerbated the tensions that exploded in the Civil War. H.W. Brands tells his epic story from multiple perspectives: of adventurers John and Jessie Fremont, entrepreneur Leland Stanford, and the wry observer Samuel Clemens—side by side with prospectors, soldiers, and scoundrels. He imparts a visceral sense of the distances they traveled, the suffering they endured, and the fortunes they made and lost. Impressive in its scholarship and overflowing with life, The Age of Gold is history in the grand traditions of Stephen Ambrose and David McCullough.
The Bookman
Author:
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
A Self-Governing Dominion
Author: William Henry Ellison
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520338049
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1950.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520338049
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1950.
The Outlook
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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Sunset
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War
Author: Leonard L. Richards
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307277577
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Award-winning historian Leonard L. Richards gives us an authoritative and revealing portrait of an overlooked harbinger of the terrible battle that was to come. When gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in 1848, Americans of all stripes saw the potential for both wealth and power. Among the more calculating were Southern slave owners. By making California a slave state, they could increase the value of their slaves—by 50 percent at least, and maybe much more. They could also gain additional influence in Congress and expand Southern economic clout, abetted by a new transcontinental railroad that would run through the South. Yet, despite their machinations, California entered the union as a free state. Disillusioned Southerners would agitate for even more slave territory, leading to the Kansas-Nebraska Act and, ultimately, to the Civil War itself.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307277577
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Award-winning historian Leonard L. Richards gives us an authoritative and revealing portrait of an overlooked harbinger of the terrible battle that was to come. When gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in 1848, Americans of all stripes saw the potential for both wealth and power. Among the more calculating were Southern slave owners. By making California a slave state, they could increase the value of their slaves—by 50 percent at least, and maybe much more. They could also gain additional influence in Congress and expand Southern economic clout, abetted by a new transcontinental railroad that would run through the South. Yet, despite their machinations, California entered the union as a free state. Disillusioned Southerners would agitate for even more slave territory, leading to the Kansas-Nebraska Act and, ultimately, to the Civil War itself.
The Booklist
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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