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Title:

The forty-niners / by the editors of Time-Life Books ; with text by William Weber Johnson.

Publisher:

Time-Life Books,

Copyright Date:

c1974

Description:

240 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subject:

California--History--1846-1850.
California--Gold discoveries.
California--History.
California--Gold discoveries.

Other Authors:

Johnson, William Weber, 1909-
Time-Life Books.

Notes:

Includes index. Bibliography: p. 236-237.

Contents:

Gold, gold, gold in California -- Sailing for El Dorado -- The rough realities of grubbing for gold -- The sprouting shantytowns -- Boomtown on the Bay -- Wondrous end of a wild quest.

Summary:

An account of the California gold rush of 1849 and the people who participated, lavishly illustrated with contemporary photographs and paintings.

Series:

Old West

ISBN:

9780809414727
0809414724

LCCN:

73088997

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