Download or read book Days of Gold written by Malcolm J. Rohrbough and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the morning of January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold in California. The news spread across the continent, launching hundreds of ships and hitching a thousand prairie schooners filled with adventurers in search of heretofore unimagined wealth. Those who joined the procession—soon called 49ers—included the wealthy and the poor from every state and territory, including slaves brought by their owners. In numbers, they represented the greatest mass migration in the history of the Republic. In this first comprehensive history of the Gold Rush, Malcolm J. Rohrbough demonstrates that in its far-reaching repercussions, it was the most significant event in the first half of the nineteenth century. No other series of events between the Louisiana Purchase and the Civil War produced such a vast movement of people; called into question basic values of marriage, family, work, wealth, and leisure; led to so many varied consequences; and left such vivid memories among its participants. Through extensive research in diaries, letters, and other archival sources, Rohrbough uncovers the personal dilemmas and confusion that the Gold Rush brought. His engaging narrative depicts the complexity of human motivation behind the event and reveals the effects of the Gold Rush as it spread outward in ever-widening circles to touch the lives of families and communities everywhere in the United States. For those who joined the 49ers, the decision to go raised questions about marital obligations and family responsibilities. For those men—and women, whose experiences of being left behind have been largely ignored until now—who remained on the farm or in the shop, the absences of tens of thousands of men over a period of years had a profound impact, reshaping a thousand communities across the breadth of the American nation.
Download or read book California Gold written by John Jakes and published by Berkley. This book was released on 2001 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Number One "New York Times" bestseller is back in print. Thirty years after the Gold Rush, California continues to beckon Americans westward. James Macklin Chance, a penniless wanderer, descends from the Sierras with the dream of conquering California, like the Spanish before him, and seizing his share of its wealth, no matter the price.
Download or read book California Gold Book written by William Wallace Allen and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Daily Life during the California Gold Rush written by Thomas Maxwell-Long and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive narrative history of the California Gold Rush describes daily life during this historic period, documenting its wide-reaching effects and examining the significant individuals and organizations of the time. It is easy to see the vestiges of the California Gold Rush in the state's modern culture. The San Francisco 49ers football team are named after the term given to those who flocked to California in 1849 in search of gold; California is nicknamed "The Golden State;" and the official state motto is "Eureka" meaning "I have found it" in Greek-a reference to mining success. But the Gold Rush was not only a pivotal event with lasting impact in California; it also greatly affected America as a whole and global society. This book examines the historical significances of the California Gold Rush, beginning with life in California prior to the Gold Rush and European colonization and concluding with information regarding contemporary California. Readers will gain historical insights from the highly detailed explorations of how life in California evolved and understand the enormous impact of an event over 160 years ago on present-day America.
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 580 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 The California Gold Rush written by Sabrina Crewe and published by Gareth Stevens. This book was released on 2002-12-17 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The California Gold Rush.
Download or read book California Gold Book written by William Wallace Allen and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from California Gold Book: First Nugget, Its Discovery and Discoverers and Some of the Results Proceeding Therefrom The mountains are yet rich in opportunities for the searcher after precious metals. Many promising fields are still unexplored. Silver mines are not deemed the most desirable property at this time, though more or less gold is generally found in combination with silver. When American law makers determine that the producer shall be given the same in uence in fixing the value of the prod uct of his courage and industry as the foreign broker; when the same rule is applied which took gold out of the list of speculative commodities, then will silver mining be again profitable, and coast prosperity will be unob structed by the behests Of foreign stock dealers. Resump tion Of specie payments was as easily accomplished in this country as was ever any human act when the Government decided that every public Obligation could be satisfied with any description of national money. Silver will be enno bled, and its value fixed in this country - which is as far as an American statesman need look - whenever the Govern ment acts for the best interests of its own people without consulting the wishes of foreign purchasers of bullion. The authors Of the California Gold Book believe the railroad as much Of an educator as the public school, and as great a civilizer as any other instrumentality in use among men. It has given railroad enterprises only their appropriate prominence and only their proper credit. Less could not have been done and a claim upon the respect Of its readers retained. The evidence isin its pages, empha sized by the wonderful growth which has followed the introduction of railroad facilities in sections possessing no greater natural advantages than others that have retro graded because lacking this convenience. The railroad will remain man's chief helper until some speedier means Of transit and intercommunication has been discovered. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book California Gold written by and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Age of Gold written by H. W. Brands and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2008-12-10 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War—the epic story of the California Gold Rush, “a fine, robust telling of one of the greatest adventure stories in history" (David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of John Adams). The California Gold Rush inspired a new American dream—the “dream of instant wealth, won by audacity and good luck.” The discovery of gold on the American River in 1848 triggered the most astonishing mass movement of peoples since the Crusades. It drew fortune-seekers from the ends of the earth, accelerated America’s imperial expansion, and exacerbated the tensions that exploded in the Civil War. H.W. 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 side with prospectors, soldiers, and scoundrels. He imparts a visceral sense of the distances they traveled, the suffering they endured, and the fortunes they made and lost. Impressive in its scholarship and overflowing with life, The Age of Gold is history in the grand traditions of Stephen Ambrose and David McCullough.
Download or read book The California Gold Rush written by Elizabeth Raum and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: YOU are a New Englander with a bad case of gold fever. Gold has been discovered in California, and you want to go claim some for yourself. Will you strike it rich?
Download or read book California Gold Rush written by Linda Thompson and published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This book was released on 2004-08-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses The History And Events Of The California Gold Rush.
Download or read book The California Gold Rush written by Peter Benoit and published by Children's Press. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lure of gold drew hundreds of thousands of poeple to California from around the world.
Download or read book California Gold written by John Jakes and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 1546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the lure and legends of California from 1886 to 1921 when the area was transformed from a frontier into a modern state.
Download or read book The California Gold Rush written by Jean F. Blashfield and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2001 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes adventures and disasters in the lives of people who rushed to the gold mines of California in 1848 and explains how this event sparked the state's development.
Download or read book CALIFORNIA GOLD BK written by William Wallace Allen and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-10 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The California Gold Rush written by Barbara Saffer and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discovery of gold in California in the mid-19th century would have a tremendous impact on the settlement of America's western region. Although the country was growing, few people lived in the untamed West. 'Gold fever' changed that forever. Gold hunters did not have an easy time, however.
Download or read book Rush for Riches written by J. S. Holliday and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of the California Gold Rush from 1849 through 1884 when a court decision forced the shut down of the hydraulic mining operations, bringing decades of careless freedom to an end.
