The rush : America's fevered quest for fortune, 1848-1853

Dolnick, Edward 1952- (author.).

Summary: Describes the adventurous prospectors who traversed the United States in 1848 in response to rumors of gold in the Sacramento Valley, detailing the rough and rowdy cities that popped up, seemingly out of thin air, to accommodate the treasure-seekers.

Record details

ISBN: 9780316175685
ISBN: 0316175684
Physical Description: print
xii, 350 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Little, Brown, and Company, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-339) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Hope. A crack in time ; "I believe I have found a gold mine!" ; Headlong into history -- Journey. Swarming from all over ; A day at the circus ; An army on the march ; Let us glory in our magnificence ; A rope of sand ; Gone! ; Marooned -- Reality. First peeks at the Golden Land ; Hard times ; At ease in a barbarous land ; Taking the bread from American miners ; The princess and the mangled hand.