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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... politics , geology , ad- venture and industry with omnibus enthusiasm .... Its author , like the miners of the gold rush themselves , leaves no stone unturned . " -The San Diego Union - Tribune " A fine , robust telling of one of the ...
... politics , geology , ad- venture and industry with omnibus enthusiasm .... Its author , like the miners of the gold rush themselves , leaves no stone unturned . " -The San Diego Union - Tribune " A fine , robust telling of one of the ...
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... politicians , especially those in the Democratic party , who were hungry to regain the presidency after a surprising defeat in 1840. In 1844 the Democrats nominated James K. Polk of Tennessee on a platform promising the vigorous ...
... politicians , especially those in the Democratic party , who were hungry to regain the presidency after a surprising defeat in 1840. In 1844 the Democrats nominated James K. Polk of Tennessee on a platform promising the vigorous ...
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... political audacity ; young women swooned over his sad eyes , his black curls , and olive complexion , and the catlike grace with which he walked . In an era entranced by exploration , Frémont was the explorer par excellence , the ...
... political audacity ; young women swooned over his sad eyes , his black curls , and olive complexion , and the catlike grace with which he walked . In an era entranced by exploration , Frémont was the explorer par excellence , the ...
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... political squabbling over - or transferred east at any rate , to Frémont's trial - Sherman anticipated a re- turn to the quiet occupation . He settled into his assignment as adjutant to Colonel ( and Governor ) Richard Mason , expecting ...
... political squabbling over - or transferred east at any rate , to Frémont's trial - Sherman anticipated a re- turn to the quiet occupation . He settled into his assignment as adjutant to Colonel ( and Governor ) Richard Mason , expecting ...
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... political triumph . Congress ordered a thousand extra copies ; newspapers reprinted it and reprinted again . Emigrants to Oregon packed the authorized versions and bootlegged copies in the tops of their trunks for ready reference . With ...
... political triumph . Congress ordered a thousand extra copies ; newspapers reprinted it and reprinted again . Emigrants to Oregon packed the authorized versions and bootlegged copies in the tops of their trunks for ready reference . With ...
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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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