The Age Of Gold by H.W. Brands
The Age Of Gold

H.W. Brands

The Age Of Gold

H.W. Brands

560 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced

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The California Gold Rush inspired a new American dream--the "dream of instant wealth, won by audacity and good luck." The discovery of gold on the American River in 1848 triggered the most astonishing mass movement of peoples since the Crusades. I...

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