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The Age of Gold

By Brands, H W

The Age of Gold

By Brands, H W

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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. It drew fortune-seekers from the ends of the earth, accelerated America's imperial expansion, and exacerbated the tensions that exploded in the Civil War. H.W. Brands tells his epic story from multiple perspectives: of adventurers John and Jessie Fremont, entrepreneur Leland Stanford, and the wry observer Samuel Clemens-side by side with prospectors, soldiers, and scoundrels. He imparts a visceral sense of the distances they traveled, the suffering they endured, and the fortunes they made and lost. Impressive in its scholarship and overflowing with life, The Age of Gold is history in the grand traditions of Stephen Ambrose and David McCullough.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
592
Release Date:
2003-10-14
Publication Date:
2003-10-14
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0385720882
ISBN13:
9780385720885
Weight:
544 g
Height:
134 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
31 cm
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