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The forty-niners

by Johnson, William Weber
Additional authors: Time-Life Books
Published by : Time-Life Books Physical details: 240 p ISBN:41601.
Subject(s): | History -- 1846-1850.
Year: 1974
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Item type Current location Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
sw 900 - 999 979.404 Joh (Browse shelf) Available In Memory of : Helmer Foster 41601

Includes Index and Bibliography

Gold, gold, gold in California! --
Sailing for El Dorado --
Rough realities of grubbing for gold --
Sprouting shantytowns --
Boomtown on the bay --
Wondrous end of a wild quest.

An account of the California gold rush of 1849 and the people who participated, lavishly illustrated with contemporary photographs and paintings.