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9780766013476

The California Trail to Gold in American History

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  • ISBN13:

    9780766013476

  • ISBN10:

    0766013472

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-10-01
  • Publisher: Enslow Pub Inc
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Summary

Examines the thrills and disappointments of the nineteenth-century rush for gold in California, during which people abandoned their jobs and homes and headed west in hopes of becoming rich.

Table of Contents

The Golden Lure
7(9)
An Island Called California
16(13)
Gold Fever Strikes
29(13)
The Long Way Around
42(14)
Looking for the Elephant
56(16)
``The Road Was Lined with Skeletons''
72(15)
The Trail Prospers ... and, Dies
87(14)
The California Trail Today
101(14)
Timeline 115(3)
Chapter Notes 118(6)
Further Reading 124(2)
Index 126

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