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100 1 _aDolnick, Edward,
_d1952-
245 1 4 _aThe rush :
_bAmerica's fevered quest for fortune, 1848-1853 /
_cEdward Dolnick.
246 3 0 _aAmerica's fevered quest for fortune, 1848-1853 : a new history of the gold rush.
246 3 0 _aNew history of the gold rush.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bLittle, Brown and Company,
_c2014.
264 4 _c©2014.
300 _axii, 350 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, portraits, facsimiles, photographs ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
520 _aDescribes 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.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPt. 1: Hope. A crack in time ; "I believe I have found a gold mine!" ; Headlong into history -- Pt. 2: 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 -- Pt. 3: 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.
650 0 _aFrontier and pioneer life
_zCalifornia.
651 0 _aCalifornia
_xGold discoveries.
651 0 _aCalifornia
_xHistory
_y1846-1850.
650 7 _aGold mines and mining.
_2fast
650 7 _aOverland journeys to the Pacific.
_2fast
650 7 _aPioneers.
_2fast
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