The age of gold : the California Gold Rush and the new American dream
549 pages, [16] of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
9780385720885, 0385720882
959335012
Machine generated contents note: PART ONE
The Gathering of Peoples
(From the World to California: 1848-1849) 21
1. In the Footsteps of Father Serra 25
2. Across the Pacific 47
3. The Peaks of Darien 65
4. To the Bottom of the World and Back 93
5. To See the Elephant 122
6. Where Rivers Die 162
PART TWO
From Vulcan's Forge
(The Goldfields: 1848-1850s) 191
7. With a Washbowl on My Knee I95
8. A Millennium in a Day 226
PART THREE
American Athena
(California: 1849-1856) 243
9. The Miracle of St. Francis 247
10. Sutter's Last Stand 269
11. Shaking the Temple 287
12. Children of the Mother Lode 305
13. Reflections in an All-Seeing Eye 334
PART FOUR
The Gordian Knot and the Pacific Connection
(California and the Union: 1856-1869) 359
14. The Pathfinder's Return 363
15. South by West 382
I6. From Sea to Shining Sea 404
PART FIVE
The New El Dorado
(America in the Age of Gold) 439
17. Prometheus Unbound 445
I8. American Dreamers 475