Gold : Firsthand Accounts From The Rush That Made The West
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0762791500
ISBN-13
9780762791507
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint
TwoDot Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 3rd, 2014
Print length
368 Pages
Weight
482 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification:
General & world historyHistory of the Americas
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Gold offers a feel for what it was like to live through the heady days of the discovery and exploitation of gold in California in the mid-1800s through firsthand accounts, short stories, and tall tales written by the people who were there. These eyewitness accounts offer an immediacy that brings the events to life.
The Gold Rush era was an amazing time in our country''s history. California had just been occupied during the Mexican-American War and wasn''t officially a U.S. territory yet when gold was discovered in 1848. Suddenly the whole world was electrified by the news and tales of men digging vast amounts of wealth out of the ground, even finding gold nuggets just lying around. Within five years, 250,000 miners dug up more than $200 million in gold—about $600 billion in today''s dollars.Gold offers a feel for what it was like to live through the heady days of the discovery and exploitation of gold in California in the mid-1800s through firsthand accounts, short stories, and tall tales written by the people who were there. These eyewitness accounts offer an immediacy that brings the events to life.
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