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9780803282476

Precious Dust

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  • ISBN13:

    9780803282476

  • ISBN10:

    0803282478

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-04-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr
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Summary

The boom era began with the discovery of gold in California in 1848 and extended over fifty years to include the rushes in the Pikes Peak region in Colorado, the Black Hills of South Dakota, Alder Gulch in Montana, and the Yukon.Precious Dusthumanizes the mad rush to these remote places.

Author Biography

Paula Mitchell Marks’s books include And Die in the West: The Story of the O.K. Corral Gunfight. She teaches history at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9(4)
Introduction 13(8)
One "The Age of Gold"
21(32)
Two Overland to California
53(30)
Three Sea Travels and California Wanderings
83(22)
Four One Daunting Trail After Another
105(20)
Five Bound for the Far North
125(26)
Six Life in the Diggings
151(34)
Seven "Cities of the Magic Lantern"
185(38)
Eight Self, Society, and the "Battle of Life"
223(24)
Nine "No Law but Miners' Law"
247(32)
Ten Natives and Strangers
279(30)
Eleven Home Ties
309(28)
Twelve Gender and Gold
337(30)
Thirteen Perspectives
367(14)
Notes 381(44)
Selected Bibliography 425(12)
Index 437

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