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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... rocks from where Mar- shall didn't want them ( the millrace ) to where he did ( the dam ) . Unskilled labor would certainly suffice . MARSHALL REPORTED BACK to Sutter , described Coloma , and ex- plained his plan . At the time , he ...
... rocks from where Mar- shall didn't want them ( the millrace ) to where he did ( the dam ) . Unskilled labor would certainly suffice . MARSHALL REPORTED BACK to Sutter , described Coloma , and ex- plained his plan . At the time , he ...
Stran 12
... rock displaced ( 12 % cents ) . Hale , confident , and zealous in their desire to help the church , they opted for ... rocks was harder than the newcomers had anticipated . " Three days this week I have worked , " Smith wrote at the end ...
... rock displaced ( 12 % cents ) . Hale , confident , and zealous in their desire to help the church , they opted for ... rocks was harder than the newcomers had anticipated . " Three days this week I have worked , " Smith wrote at the end ...
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... rocks where the water had splashed . This , and the water still in the bed of the channel , gave a gleam to the peb- bles and sand in the morning light . A few particular sparkles caught his eye , but at first he thought these were ...
... rocks where the water had splashed . This , and the water still in the bed of the channel , gave a gleam to the peb- bles and sand in the morning light . A few particular sparkles caught his eye , but at first he thought these were ...
Stran 16
... rocks , and found that it could be beaten into a different shape , but not broken . I then collected four or five more pieces . " A more devious , or even more thoughtful , man than Marshall might have pocketed the gold and kept the ...
... rocks , and found that it could be beaten into a different shape , but not broken . I then collected four or five more pieces . " A more devious , or even more thoughtful , man than Marshall might have pocketed the gold and kept the ...
Stran 46
... rock with their butcher knives in pieces from one to six ounces . To corroborate this testimony , Sherman suggested to Mason that they send some gold along with the letter . Mason agreed , and Sherman bought enough dust over 200 ounces ...
... rock with their butcher knives in pieces from one to six ounces . To corroborate this testimony , Sherman suggested to Mason that they send some gold along with the letter . Mason agreed , and Sherman bought enough dust over 200 ounces ...
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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 |
The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream H. W. Brands Prikaz kratkega opisa - 2002 |
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