Download or read book Letters from the Gold Rush written by Francis Trowbridge Sherman and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 The Shirley Letters from the California Mines 1851 1852 written by Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe and published by Heyday. This book was released on 1998 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneer woman describes life near a northern California mining camp during the fabled "gold rush."
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 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 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 Copies of Letters of the Gold Rush Period written by Edward Austin and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Direct Your Letters to San Jose written by James Campbell and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gold Rush Letters written by Robert J. Boylan and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve letters from Boylan in California to his wife Margaret in Jackson Creek, Illinois; one letter from Boylan to his son, James. The collection documents Boylan's stay in California during the gold rush period, 1850 to 1853. It is clear from the letters that Boylan considered his California venture to be a short-term commitment with the goal of improving his economic situation so that he could return to his farm and family in Illinois. He recounts at length his involvement in mining, including the establishment of a quartz-mining operation along the Feather River as well as tradition river mining operations in Fresno County. He discusses life as a miner and relations between miners and the early residents of California, both Indians and Mexicans. A constant theme throughout is his yearning for home and his desire to "bid adieu a last adieu to this land of visionary golden dreams to again bask in the sunshine of home sweet home."
Download or read book California Gold Rush Letters Collection written by and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty original manuscript letters from persons living throughout the United States containing comments and observations on the effect the California Gold Rush is having in their lives. Also includes typescript transcriptions of each letter.
Download or read book Gold Rush Letters written by Henry A. Parker and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And, in a letter written on Nov. 28, 1852, he tells of the living space he shares with two friends: "One side of the room is of iron the other side's of wood & the ceiling overhead is of cotton cloth & the floor is formed of fifty four distinct pieces of board although the room is only about 9 by 13 feet." He also provides new vocabulary when he refers to their communal efforts to cook and do their own washing as "ranching".
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 A Yankee Trader in the Gold Rush written by Franklin A. Buck and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Letters Home written by Asbury Marr and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gold Fever written by Rosalyn Schanzer and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2007-01-09 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author uses lighthearted illustrations and excerpts from letters, journals, and newspaper articles to relate the story of the California Gold Rush of 1848. Full color.
Download or read book Letters Gold Rush Days 49 written by and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
