The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American DreamDoubleday, 2002 - 547 strani By the Author of the Bestselling Pulitzer Prize Finalist THE FIRST AMERICAN THEY WENT WEST TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES AND IN THE BARGAIN THEY CHANGED THE WORLD. THIS IS THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE GOLD RUSH. When gold was first discovered on the American River above Sutter's Fort in January 1848, California was sparsely populated frontier territory not yet ceded to the United States from Mexixo. The discovery triggered a massive influx as hundreds of thousands of people scrambled to California in search of riches, braving dangerous journeys across the Pacific, around Cape Horn, and through the Isthmus of Panama, as well as across America's vast, unsettled wilderness. Cities sprang up overnight, in response to the demand for supplies and services of all kinds. By 1850, California had become a state -- the fastest journey to statehood in U.S. history. It had also become a symbol of what America stood for and of where it was going. In "The Age of Gold," H. W. Brands explores the far-reaching implications of this pivotal point in U.S. history, weaving the politics of the times with the gripping stories of individuals that displays both the best and the worse of the American character. He discusses the national issues that exploded around the ratification of California's statehood, hastening the clouds that would lead to the Civil War. He tells the stories of the great fortunes made by such memorable figures as John and Jessie Fremont, Leland Stanford and George Hearst -- and of great fortunes lost by hundreds now forgotten by history. And he reveals the profound effect of the Gold Rush on the way Americans viewed their destinies, as the Puritan ethic of hardwork and the gradual accumulation of worldly riches gave way to the notion of getting rich quickly. |
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... valley the local Indians called Coloma . The American River entered the valley from a defile at the south- east ; it exited through a gap at the northwest . The ridge above the east bank separated this branch of the American River - the ...
... valley the local Indians called Coloma . The American River entered the valley from a defile at the south- east ; it exited through a gap at the northwest . The ridge above the east bank separated this branch of the American River - the ...
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... Valley ( where Manly stood , al- though the valley had yet to earn its name ) had plunged much farther than topography revealed . The rock salt on the valley floor , deposited over mil- lions of years by evaporation of water flowing off ...
... Valley ( where Manly stood , al- though the valley had yet to earn its name ) had plunged much farther than topography revealed . The rock salt on the valley floor , deposited over mil- lions of years by evaporation of water flowing off ...
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... Valley . The pace of life in the valley was as frenetic as it had been in the diggings - more frenetic , in fact , since neither night nor winter suspended work in the silicon mines . Both settings were permeated by a conviction that ...
... Valley . The pace of life in the valley was as frenetic as it had been in the diggings - more frenetic , in fact , since neither night nor winter suspended work in the silicon mines . Both settings were permeated by a conviction that ...
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