Download or read book A Letter of the Gold Rush Days written by John Kagy and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Letters written by James W. Peterson and published by . This book was released on 1957* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letters transcribed in 1957 by Howard I. Becker from the originals of Peterson and Henry Van Der Spiegel relating to their separate voyages from New York to California and gold prospecting along the American River north of Sacramento (1849-1852). Peterson's letters are primarily to Isaac Schauber; Van Der Spiegel writes to his brother John and other family members. Brief biographies of these two men appear in the introduction.
Download or read book They Saw the Elephant written by JoAnn Levy and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-07-10 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The phrase ’seeing the elephant’ symbolized for ’49 gold rushers the exotic, the mythical, the once-in-a-lifetime adventure, unequaled anywhere else but in the journey to the promised land of fortune: California. Most western myths . . . generally depict an exclusively male gold rush. Levy’s book debunks that myth. Here a variety of women travel, work, and write their way across the pages of western migrant history."-Choice "One of the best and most comprehensive accounts of gold rush life to date"ˆ–San Francisco Chronicle
Download or read book The World Rushed In written by J. S. Holliday and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2015-03-16 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When The World Rushed In was first published in 1981, the Washington Post predicted, “It seems unlikely that anyone will write a more comprehensive book about the Gold Rush.” Twenty years later, no one has emerged to contradict that judgment, and the book has gained recognition as a classic. As the San Francisco Examiner noted, “It is not often that a work of history can be said to supplant every book on the same subject that has gone before it.” Through the diary and letters of William Swain--augmented by interpolations from more than five hundred other gold seekers and by letters sent to Swain from his wife and brother back home--the complete cycle of the gold rush is recreated: the overland migration of over thirty thousand men, the struggle to “strike it rich” in the mining camps of the Sierra Nevadas, and the return home through the jungles of the Isthmus of Panama. In a new preface, the author reappraises our continuing fascination with the “gold rush experience” as a defining epoch in western--indeed, American--history.
Download or read book Letters of the Pike s Peak Gold Rush written by Libeus Barney and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Letters of the Pike s Peak Gold Rush written by Libeus Barney and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Letters from the Corrugated Castle written by Joan W. Blos and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-12-03 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Cousin Sallie, I begin with words I never thought to write: I am not an orphan! Thirteen-year-old Eldora has always believed that her mother died when she was very little, and for nine years she has lived with people that she calls Aunt and Uncle. The year is 1850, and all three have exchanged their quiet lives in New Bedford, Massachusetts, for new ones in San Francisco, the rapidly growing city that is the heart of the California Gold Rush. Shortly after their arrival, they receive a letter from an unknown woman who believes she is Eldora's mother. She is eager to meet her long-lost daughter, and a visit is arranged. As Eldora deals with her conflicting feelings about this news, she must also adjust to the challenges -- and dangers -- of living in a brash and growing city. She finds herself teaching English to two Mexicano children and beginning to learn Spanish, and an unlikely friendship with a boy named Luke introduces her to the hard, sometimes humorous, and often violent world of the mining camps. Every day seems to bring something different and new to consider. But can Eldora discover where -- and to whom -- she belongs? Told in letters that ring with the voice of the times, Letters from the Corrugated Castle is an intriguing adventure set in a fascinating time in California's history -- a worthy conclusion to the geographical trilogy begun with A Gathering of Days, winner of the Newbery Medal, and Brothers of the Heart.
Download or read book The Gold Rush Letters of E Allen Grosh and Hosea B Grosh written by Ronald M. James and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When brothers Ethan and Hosea Grosh left Pennsylvania in 1849, they joined throngs of men from all over the world intent on finding a fortune in the California Gold Rush. Their search for wealth took them from San Francisco into the gold country and then over the Sierra into Nevada’s Gold Canyon, where they placer-mined for gold and discovered a deposit of silver. The letters they sent back to their family offer vivid commentaries on the turbulent western frontier, the diverse society of the Gold Rush camps, and the heartbreaking labor and frustration of mining. Their lively descriptions of Gold Canyon provide one of the earliest accounts of life in what would soon become the fabulously wealthy Comstock Mining District. The Groshes’ letters are rich in color and important historical details. Generously annotated and with an introduction that provides a context for the brothers’ career and the setting in which they tried to make their fortune, these documents powerfully depict the often harsh realities of Gold Rush life and society.
Download or read book Gold Rush Letters written by Francis Hanford Russel and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The diary is a commercially published entry book purchased in Philadelphia. It has been dated 1854. There are scattered lists of accounts and addresses; the only diary entries are for Russel's wedding date and the few days following when he and his new wife went to New York to embark on the return journey to California.
Download or read book Gold Rush Letter 7th May 1866 Walk from Yale to Williams Creek written by H. L. Jones and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gold Rush Letter written by Thomas J. Norris and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to 'Shipping Intelligence' in the Alta of June 5, 1850, the Barque Anne arrived in San Francisco from Panama on June 4th after 60 days at sea with 80 passengers.
Download or read book A Yankee Trader in the Gold Rush written by Franklin Agustus Buck and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A native of Maine, Franklin Agustus Buck (1826-1909) was working in New York City when he heard of the gold strikes and set out for California in January 1849. A Yankee trader in the gold rush (1930) contains Buck's letters to his sister in Maine. They chronicle his first dozen years in the West: a voyage round the Horn to San Francisco; prospecting and storekeeping in various gold camps and the towns of Sacramento, Downieville, North Fork, Marysville, and Weaverville; and a trading voyage to Tahiti and Hawaii. Politics interest Buck, and he pays close attention to the issues in the 1852 election, local secessionist debate, and the impact of the Civil War. In the 1860s, Buck turns to agriculture, raising fruit and cattle at farms in Weaverville, Oakville, and Red Bluffs. Discoveries of silver lead him back to mining at Treasure City, Meadow Valley, and Pioche, Nevada.
Download or read book Gold rush letter written by William B. Peters and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Closing with further wishes for the coming year, Peters asks that Emily be so kind as to write him a note as he was planning on remaining in San Francisco for the winter before heading off for the gold fields.
Download or read book Gold Rush Letter written by Hiram B. Flagg and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four-page letter from H.B. Flagg to Harriette A. and Ellen Flagg, sent from Sacramento City to Lawrence, Mass., dated Apr. 4, 1850. Transcription included.
Download or read book Mud Blood and Gold written by Rand Richards and published by Heritage House Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Francisco in 1849 was a time and place like no other in American history. As word of the discovery of gold in California spread, people from all over the world descended on San Francisco--ground zero for the avalanche of humanity and goods pouring into the fabled El Dorado. There have been many books on the Gold Rush, but Mud, Blood, and Gold is the first to focus solely on San Francisco as it was at the peak of the gold frenzy. With a 'you are there' immediacy author Rand Richards vividly brings to life what San Francisco was like during the landmark year of 1849. Based on eyewitness accounts and previously overlooked official records, Richards chronicles the explosive growth of a wide-open town rife with violence, gambling, and prostitution, all of it fueled by unbridled greed.
Download or read book Gold Rush Days written by Louise E. Taber and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gold Rush Days written by Louise E. Taber and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
