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The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream Paperback - 2003
by H. W. Brands
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A less likely terminus of all these journeys could scarcely have been conceived.
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"I have found it." These words, uttered by the man who first discovered gold on the American River in 1848, triggered the most astonishing mass movement of peoples since the Crusades. California's gold drew fortune-seekers from the ends of the earth. It accelerated America's imperial expansion and exacerbated the tensions that exploded in the Civil War. And, as H. W. Brands makes clear in this spellbinding book, the Gold Rush inspired a new American dream--the "dream of instant wealth, won by audacity and good luck."
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.
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.
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- Title The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream
- Author H. W. Brands
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Printing
- Pages 592
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Anchor Books, New York
- Date October 14, 2003
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780385720885 / 0385720882
- Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 8.1 x 5.5 x 1.6 in (20.57 x 13.97 x 4.06 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Geographic Orientation: California
- Library of Congress subjects California - Gold discoveries, United States - Social conditions - To 1865
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002023776
- Dewey Decimal Code 979.4
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