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Author:

Brands, H. W.

Title:

The Age of gold : the California Gold Rush and the new American dream / H.W. Brands.

Publisher:

Anchor Books,

Copyright Date:

2003, c2002

Description:

549 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 20 cm.

Subject:

California--Gold discoveries.
California--Social aspects.--Social aspects.
United States--Civilization--1783-1865
United States--Social conditions--To 1865.

Notes:

Originally published by Doubleday, 2002. Includes bibliographical references (p. [509]-527) and index.

Contents:

Sources, Bibliography, Index, Acknowledgements. American dreamers -- PART ONE: THE gathering of the peoples (From the world to California 1848-1849) -- In the footsteps of Father Serra -- Across the Pacific -- The Peaks of Darien -- To the bottom of the world and back -- To see the elephant -- Where rivers die -- PART TWO: From Vulcan's Forge (The goldfields: 1848-1850s) -- With a washbowl on my knee -- A Millenium in a day -- PART THREE American Athena (California: 1849-1856) -- The Miracle of St. Francis -- Sutter's last stand -- Shaking the temple -- Children of the mother lode -- Reflections in an all-seeing eye -- PART FOUR: The Gordian knot and the Pacific connection (California and the Union: 1856-1869) -- The Pathfinder's return -- South by west -- From sea to shining sea -- PART FIVE: The New El Dorado (America in the age of gold) -- Prometheus unbound -- American dreamers -- Sources, Bibliography, Index, Acknowledgements.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)53473867

Locations:

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)