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Synopsis

The california gold rush the new american dream.

Item Description

FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. [viii] + 547 + [2] pp. Bound in quarter black cloth, gilt, over yellow, in price clipped pictorial dust wrapper. A very good copy. Illustrated by 16 pages of black and white plates, including maps. Decorated by double title page vignette. Map endpapers. The history of the California Gold Rush after the discovery in January 1848. It relates the frenzy of the would be prospectors as they travelled overland to the west, or by sea from across the world to San Francisco, including China and Australia, in the hope of making their fortunes. The author examines the national issues, including slavery, that were involved in the ratification of California's statehood. By US historian, Henry William Brands (b. 1953),of the University of Texas at Austin