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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... arrived in the Willamette Valley . But that spring was as drizzly as most Oregon springs , and in early June , having hardly seen the sun , Marshall headed south . With a small party he crossed the curiously chaotic Siskiyou Mountains ...
... arrived in the Willamette Valley . But that spring was as drizzly as most Oregon springs , and in early June , having hardly seen the sun , Marshall headed south . With a small party he crossed the curiously chaotic Siskiyou Mountains ...
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... arrived again at Sutter's Fort and applied for work . Sutter was delighted to see them . With the two mill projects under way , he needed all the strong arms and backs he could get . He offered to pay the newcomers either by the month ...
... arrived again at Sutter's Fort and applied for work . Sutter was delighted to see them . With the two mill projects under way , he needed all the strong arms and backs he could get . He offered to pay the newcomers either by the month ...
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... arrived back from Coloma . Because Marshall had left the fort only two weeks earlier , with the intention of finishing the construction , Sutter assumed something was amiss . Marshall's demeanor added to this impression . " From the un ...
... arrived back from Coloma . Because Marshall had left the fort only two weeks earlier , with the intention of finishing the construction , Sutter assumed something was amiss . Marshall's demeanor added to this impression . " From the un ...
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... arrived that hostilities had commenced . Eleven Americans had been killed - on American soil , Polk explained to Congress . War was necessary and justified . Congress agreed , and in June 1846 , Manifest Destiny went to war . THE ...
... arrived that hostilities had commenced . Eleven Americans had been killed - on American soil , Polk explained to Congress . War was necessary and justified . Congress agreed , and in June 1846 , Manifest Destiny went to war . THE ...
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... arrived from Washington . Precisely what this messenger said has been lost to history , for he destroyed his orders before crossing Mexican territory . But whatever he said prompted Frémont to move south at once . Back in California ...
... arrived from Washington . Precisely what this messenger said has been lost to history , for he destroyed his orders before crossing Mexican territory . But whatever he said prompted Frémont to move south at once . Back in California ...
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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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The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream H. W. Brands Prikaz kratkega opisa - 2002 |
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