The Court That Tamed the West : From the Gold Rush to the Tech Boom 9781597142632, 9781597142465

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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The Gold Rush 9781838713737, 9781844576401

Matthew Solomon’s study of Chaplin’s The Gold Rush (1925) provides an in-depth discussion of the film’s production and r

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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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What Was the Gold Rush? 9781101610299

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Chinese American Voices: From the Gold Rush to the Present 9780520938328

Described by others as quaint and exotic, or as depraved and threatening, and, more recently, as successful and exemplar

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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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Hard Road West: History and Geology along the Gold Rush Trail 9780226923291

In 1848 news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. Lured b

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BOOM: Oil, Money, Cowboys, Strippers, and the Energy Rush That Could Change America Forever (Kindle Single)

In BOOM, prize–winning reporter Tony Horwitz takes a spirited road trip through the wild new frontier of energy in North

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BOOM: Oil, Money, Cowboys, Strippers, and the Energy Rush That Could Change America Forever (Kindle Single)

In BOOM, prize–winning reporter Tony Horwitz takes a spirited road trip through the wild new frontier of energy in North

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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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