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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... Valley not far from Sutter's own . But Sutter needed a sawmill and couldn't build it himself . New Hel- vetia was thriving a decade after Sutter had persuaded the governor of Cal- ifornia to award him a tract of land on the northern ...
... Valley not far from Sutter's own . But Sutter needed a sawmill and couldn't build it himself . New Hel- vetia was thriving a decade after Sutter had persuaded the governor of Cal- ifornia to award him a tract of land on the northern ...
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... valley below . On that 1844 visit Frémont had contented himself with registering disdain for Mexican authority , parading about the province as he pleased , leaving only when he saw fit . But he re- turned in December 1845 , and his ...
... valley below . On that 1844 visit Frémont had contented himself with registering disdain for Mexican authority , parading about the province as he pleased , leaving only when he saw fit . But he re- turned in December 1845 , and his ...
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... Valley was a highway to Oregon , a land extolled for its fertile soil and salubrious climate . Marshall joined an emi- grant train and in the spring of 1845 arrived in the Willamette Valley . But that spring was as drizzly as most ...
... Valley was a highway to Oregon , a land extolled for its fertile soil and salubrious climate . Marshall joined an emi- grant train and in the spring of 1845 arrived in the Willamette Valley . But that spring was as drizzly as most ...
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... Valley , where he learned that in his absence his cattle had strayed or been stolen . This was a grievous blow , for ... Valley , including the lower American River valley ; close - grained from slow growth , the oak wood was both ...
... Valley , where he learned that in his absence his cattle had strayed or been stolen . This was a grievous blow , for ... Valley , including the lower American River valley ; close - grained from slow growth , the oak wood was both ...
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... valley the local Indians called Coloma . The American River entered the valley from a defile at the south- east ; it exited through a gap at the northwest . The ridge above the east bank separated this branch of the American River - the ...
... valley the local Indians called Coloma . The American River entered the valley from a defile at the south- east ; it exited through a gap at the northwest . The ridge above the east bank separated this branch of the American River - the ...
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47 | |
65 | |
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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