The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream by H.W. Brands

The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream

H.W. Brands

547 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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When gold was first discovered on the American River above Sutter's Fort in January 1848, California was sparsely populated frontier territory not yet ceded to the United States from Mexixo. The discovery triggered a massive influx as hundreds of ...

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