The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American DreamKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 14. okt. 2003 - 592 strani 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. |
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... Pacific 3. The Peaks of Darien 4 . To the Bottom of the World and Back 5. To See the Elephant 6. Where Rivers Die PART TWO From Vulcan's Forge ( The Goldfields : 1848-1850 ) 7. With a Washbowl on My Knee 8. A Millennium in a Day 191 21 ...
... Pacific 3. The Peaks of Darien 4 . To the Bottom of the World and Back 5. To See the Elephant 6. Where Rivers Die PART TWO From Vulcan's Forge ( The Goldfields : 1848-1850 ) 7. With a Washbowl on My Knee 8. A Millennium in a Day 191 21 ...
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... Pacific Connection ( California and the Union : 1856-1869 ) PART FIVE The New El Dorado ( America in the Age of Gold ) 17. Prometheus Unbound 18. American Dreamers Sources Bibliography 493 509 243 Index 531 Acknowledgments 551 247 269 ...
... Pacific Connection ( California and the Union : 1856-1869 ) PART FIVE The New El Dorado ( America in the Age of Gold ) 17. Prometheus Unbound 18. American Dreamers Sources Bibliography 493 509 243 Index 531 Acknowledgments 551 247 269 ...
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The Baron and the Carpenter | 1 |
The Gathering of Peoples | 21 |
Across the Pacific | 47 |
The Peaks of Darien | 65 |
To the Bottom of the World and Back | 93 |
To See the Elephant | 122 |
Where Rivers Die | 162 |
From Vulcans Forge | 191 |
A Millennium in a Day | 226 |
PART FOUR | 359 |
PART FIVE | 439 |
Sources | 493 |
Bibliography | 509 |
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The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream H. W. Brands Omejen predogled - 2008 |
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