Gold : Firsthand Accounts From The Rush That Made The West

Name: Gold
Brand: Rowman & Littlefield
SKU: 9780762791507
Price: 3050 KES
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ISBN: 9780762791507

by John Richard Stephens

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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 history History 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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