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- The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream . . .
Texas A M University professor H W Brands enhances his reputation as one of America's great popular historians with The Age of Gold, which tells the story of the California gold rush through rollicking narrative and intelligent analysis "James Marshall's discovery of gold at Coloma [in 1848] turned out to be a seminal event in history, one of those rare moments that divide human existence
- The age of gold : the California Gold Rush and the new American dream . . .
In this richly detailed, panoramic saga, the acclaimed author of "The First American" brings to life the human dramas and commercial imperatives that spurred the California gold rush, and illuminates their lasting impact on the American landscape Prologue: The Baron and the Carpenter (Coloma: January 1848) -- pt 1
- The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream
The California Gold Rush inspired a new American dream—the “dream of instant wealth, won by audacity and good luck ” Noted historian H W Brands brings the Gold Rush to the forefront, all the while bringing a history of the state of California to the reader’s attention with vivid character portraits of those who journeyed to the
- The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream . . .
By the Author of the Bestselling Pulitzer Prize Finalist THE FIRST AMERICAN THEY WENT WEST TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES AND IN THE BARGAIN THEY CHANGED THE WORLD THIS IS THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE GOLD RUSH When gold was first discovered on the American River above Sutter's Fort in January 1848, California was sparsely populated frontier territory not yet ceded to the
- Age of Gold The California Gold Rush the New American Dream: H W . . .
And, as H W Brands makes clear in this spellbinding book, the Gold Rush inspired a new American dream—the “dream of instant wealth, won by audacity and good luck ” 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
- The Age of Gold: The California Gold. . . book by H. W. Brands - ThriftBooks
According to H W Brands, the effect of the discovery of gold in California was to change local, national, and international history He describes the effects in a long, entertaining narrative of individual stories, _The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream_ (Doubleday) There had never been anything like this before
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California's gold drew fortune-seekers from the ends of the earth It accelerated America's imperial expansion and exacerbated the tensions that exploded in the Civil War And, as H W Brands makes clear in this spellbinding book, the Gold Rush inspired a new American dream—the "dream of instant wealth, won by audacity and good luck "
- THE AGE OF GOLD: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream
THE AGE OF GOLD: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream H W Brands, Doubleday, $29 95 (560pp) ISBN 978-0-385-50216-0
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