The California Gold Rush: The History and Legacy of the Forty-Niners and America’s Golden Dream

The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream 0385720882

The California Gold Rush inspired a new American dream—the “dream of instant wealth, won by audacity and good luck.” The

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The California Gold Rush and the Klondike Gold Rush: The History of America’s Most Famous Gold Rushes

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the gold rushes written by participants *Includes bibliographies for further re

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Rush to Gold: The French and the California Gold Rush, 1848†“1854 9780300182187

The California Gold Rush began in 1848 and incited many “wagons west.” However, only half of the 300,000 gold seekers tr

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Path of Empire: Panama and the California Gold Rush 9781501707346

Most people in the United States have forgotten that tens of thousands of U.S. citizens migrated westward to California

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Golden Rules: The Origins of California Water Law in the Gold Rush 9780226258706

Fresh water has become scarce and will become even more so in the coming years, as continued population growth places ev

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Days of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the American Nation [Reprint 2019 ed.] 9780520922075

On the morning of January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold in California. The news spread across the continen

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Days of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the American Nation [Reprint 2019 ed.] 9780520922075

On the morning of January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold in California. The news spread across the continen

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Days of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the American Nation 9780520922075, 0520922077

On the morning of January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold in California. The news spread across the continen

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The California Gold Rush [Reprint 2020 ed.] 9780520338845

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Contested Eden: California Before the Gold Rush 9780520920552

Celebrating the 150th birthday of the state of California offers the opportunity to reexamine the founding of modern Cal

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