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Author | : Joan Holub |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 129 |
Release | : 2013-02-07 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1101610298 |
In 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting over 300,000 people from all over the world, some who struck it rich and many more who didn't. Hear the stories about the gold-seeking "forty-niners!" With black-and white illustrations and sixteen pages of photos, a nugget from history is brought to life!
Author | : Malcolm J. Rohrbough |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2023-09-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520922077 |
On the morning of January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold in California. The news spread across the continent, launching hundreds of ships and hitching a thousand prairie schooners filled with adventurers in search of heretofore unimagined wealth. Those who joined the procession—soon called 49ers—included the wealthy and the poor from every state and territory, including slaves brought by their owners. In numbers, they represented the greatest mass migration in the history of the Republic. In this first comprehensive history of the Gold Rush, Malcolm J. Rohrbough demonstrates that in its far-reaching repercussions, it was the most significant event in the first half of the nineteenth century. No other series of events between the Louisiana Purchase and the Civil War produced such a vast movement of people; called into question basic values of marriage, family, work, wealth, and leisure; led to so many varied consequences; and left such vivid memories among its participants. Through extensive research in diaries, letters, and other archival sources, Rohrbough uncovers the personal dilemmas and confusion that the Gold Rush brought. His engaging narrative depicts the complexity of human motivation behind the event and reveals the effects of the Gold Rush as it spread outward in ever-widening circles to touch the lives of families and communities everywhere in the United States. For those who joined the 49ers, the decision to go raised questions about marital obligations and family responsibilities. For those men—and women, whose experiences of being left behind have been largely ignored until now—who remained on the farm or in the shop, the absences of tens of thousands of men over a period of years had a profound impact, reshaping a thousand communities across the breadth of the American nation.
Author | : J. D. Lloyd |
Publisher | : Greenhaven Press, Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : California |
ISBN | : 9780737708813 |
The discovery of gold in California enticed many eastern Americans to leave their homes, their businesses, and even their families and rush westward with the dream of striking it rich. Their tales of hard traveling, exhausting work, and busted dreams illustrate the adventurous spirit and nai ve idealism that has become part of America's romantic past.
Author | : John Feinstein |
Publisher | : Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0375869638 |
Two teenaged aspiring journalists who are dating solve a mystery at the 2012 Olympic Games, while one simultaneously competes for a gold medal in swimming.
Author | : J. S. Holliday |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780806134642 |
A thorough, exhaustively researched history of the California Gold Rush retraces the monumental movement of more than thirty thousand fortune seekers who headed west to find gold in the 1840s. Reprint. (History)
Author | : Gary Jeffrey |
Publisher | : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 2012-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1433967405 |
In 1848 America was changed forever by the discovery of gold in California. It led to the growth of cities like San Francisco, altered the way Americans thought about earning money, and brought thousands of fortune-seekers to the West. In this book, readers explore the fascinating story of the gold rush in terms of both its causes and effects. They also gain a more personal view of this period in American history, journeying alongside a New York farmer, William Swain, as he travels west to find gold. Presented in the style of a graphic novel, Swain’s adventures are sure to excite readers. Detailed drawings and easy-to-follow text ensure accessibility to even the most reluctant readers.
Author | : Steve Bartholomew |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2012 |
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ISBN | : 9781301044993 |
Author | : Benjamin Mountford |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 347 |
Release | : 2018-10-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520967585 |
Nothing set the world in motion like gold. Between the discovery of California placer gold in 1848 and the rush to Alaska fifty years later, the search for the precious yellow metal accelerated worldwide circulations of people, goods, capital, and technologies. A Global History of Gold Rushes brings together historians of the United States, Africa, Australasia, and the Pacific World to tell the rich story of these nineteenth century gold rushes from a global perspective. Gold was central to the growth of capitalism: it whetted the appetites of empire builders, mobilized the integration of global markets and economies, profoundly affected the environment, and transformed large-scale migration patterns. Together these essays tell the story of fifty years that changed the world.
Author | : J. S. Holliday |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : California |
ISBN | : 0520214021 |
Traces the history of the California Gold Rush from 1849 through 1884 when a court decision forced the shut down of the hydraulic mining operations, bringing decades of careless freedom to an end.
Author | : Malcolm J. Rohrbough |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2013-07-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 030018140X |
The California Gold Rush attracted 300,000 gold seekers in the mid-1800s, and it is the story of 30,000 Frenchman who came by sea that is told in The Rush to Gold. This is the first book to give an international focus to this pivotal time.