The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American DreamKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 10. dec. 2008 - 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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... Sherman joined most of the regular army officers in condemning Frémont for insubordination . Kearny was Frémont's ... Sherman couldn't stand Frémont personally . As individuals they could hardly have been more different . Where Frémont ...
... Sherman joined most of the regular army officers in condemning Frémont for insubordination . Kearny was Frémont's ... Sherman couldn't stand Frémont personally . As individuals they could hardly have been more different . Where Frémont ...
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... Sherman could see at Monterey , the war might have missed California completely . " Every thing on shore looked bright and beautiful , the hills covered with grass and flowers , the live - oaks so serene and homelike ; and the low adobe ...
... Sherman could see at Monterey , the war might have missed California completely . " Every thing on shore looked bright and beautiful , the hills covered with grass and flowers , the live - oaks so serene and homelike ; and the low adobe ...
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... Sherman met Frémont not long before the latter went east to face his court - martial . Sherman was curious to size up the famous explorer and so rode out to Frémont's camp . Frémont sat in his tent — a tepee , in fact— with a fellow ...
... Sherman met Frémont not long before the latter went east to face his court - martial . Sherman was curious to size up the famous explorer and so rode out to Frémont's camp . Frémont sat in his tent — a tepee , in fact— with a fellow ...
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... Sherman to prepare an answer to Sutter's request . Sherman explained that with the Mexican War not officially ended , California remained a Mexican province . American forces occupied the territory , but neither Governor Mason nor any ...
... Sherman to prepare an answer to Sutter's request . Sherman explained that with the Mexican War not officially ended , California remained a Mexican province . American forces occupied the territory , but neither Governor Mason nor any ...
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... Sherman , Brannan arrived in California from New York during the fighting against Mexico . Like Sherman , Brannan hoped to see some of that fighting . Like Sherman , Brannan was disappointed -- but not so disap- pointed as Sherman , for ...
... Sherman , Brannan arrived in California from New York during the fighting against Mexico . Like Sherman , Brannan hoped to see some of that fighting . Like Sherman , Brannan was disappointed -- but not so disap- pointed as Sherman , for ...
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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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