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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... fact that Marshall was more concerned with lumber than with gold was underscored by the fact that he waited four days after his remark- able discovery to travel to Sutter's Fort . Perhaps he failed to appreciate how that discovery ...
... fact that Marshall was more concerned with lumber than with gold was underscored by the fact that he waited four days after his remark- able discovery to travel to Sutter's Fort . Perhaps he failed to appreciate how that discovery ...
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... fact Mex- ican independence inaugurated an era of turbulence in California affairs . The friars preferred sabotage to secularization of the missions ; they began to liquidate the herds and run down the farms . The Spanish - descended ...
... fact Mex- ican independence inaugurated an era of turbulence in California affairs . The friars preferred sabotage to secularization of the missions ; they began to liquidate the herds and run down the farms . The Spanish - descended ...
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... fact took effective control of the rebellion . He seized Sutter's Fort- thereby confirming Sutter's long - standing suspicions of his malign inten- tions and arrested nearby officials of the Mexican government . These actions elevated ...
... fact took effective control of the rebellion . He seized Sutter's Fort- thereby confirming Sutter's long - standing suspicions of his malign inten- tions and arrested nearby officials of the Mexican government . These actions elevated ...
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... fact alone should have settled the mat- ter . The army was better off without the turbulent lieutenant colonel . Besides , Sherman couldn't stand Frémont personally . As individuals they could hardly have been more different . Where ...
... fact alone should have settled the mat- ter . The army was better off without the turbulent lieutenant colonel . Besides , Sherman couldn't stand Frémont personally . As individuals they could hardly have been more different . Where ...
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... fact— with a fellow veteran of the mountains and desert , a Captain Owens . Sher- man spent an hour with Frémont , who served him tea and chatted about nothing important . Sherman had expected more , and left " without being much ...
... fact— with a fellow veteran of the mountains and desert , a Captain Owens . Sher- man spent an hour with Frémont , who served him tea and chatted about nothing important . Sherman had expected more , and left " without being much ...
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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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