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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... FOUR The Gordian Knot and the Pacific Connection ( California and the Union : 1856-1869 ) 14. The Pathfinder's Return 15. South by West 16. From Sea to Shining Sea PART FIVE The New El Dorado ( America in the Age of Gold ) 17 ...
... FOUR The Gordian Knot and the Pacific Connection ( California and the Union : 1856-1869 ) 14. The Pathfinder's Return 15. South by West 16. From Sea to Shining Sea PART FIVE The New El Dorado ( America in the Age of Gold ) 17 ...
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... Four months after Marshall was mustered out of the military , the army released the members of the Mor- mon Battalion , one of the more remarkable contingents in the long history of American military voluntarism . The war with Mexico ...
... Four months after Marshall was mustered out of the military , the army released the members of the Mor- mon Battalion , one of the more remarkable contingents in the long history of American military voluntarism . The war with Mexico ...
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... four or five more pieces . " A more devious , or even more thoughtful , man than Marshall might have pocketed the gold and kept the discovery to himself . But a more de- vious or more thoughtful man might not have found himself digging ...
... four or five more pieces . " A more devious , or even more thoughtful , man than Marshall might have pocketed the gold and kept the discovery to himself . But a more de- vious or more thoughtful man might not have found himself digging ...
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... four days after his remark- able discovery to travel to Sutter's Fort . Perhaps he failed to appreciate how that discovery changed everything . Perhaps he did appreciate it , and affected nonchalance for the benefit of the men . SUTTER ...
... four days after his remark- able discovery to travel to Sutter's Fort . Perhaps he failed to appreciate how that discovery changed everything . Perhaps he did appreciate it , and affected nonchalance for the benefit of the men . SUTTER ...
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... four presidios , at San Diego , Santa Barbara , Monterey , and San Francisco . These forts barracked soldiers of the Spanish army , who were assigned to protect the missions and inspire awe in the local Indians . The Indians were ...
... four presidios , at San Diego , Santa Barbara , Monterey , and San Francisco . These forts barracked soldiers of the Spanish army , who were assigned to protect the missions and inspire awe in the local Indians . The Indians were ...
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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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