The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream
by H.W. Brands
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0385502168
- ISBN 13
- 9780385502160
- Seller
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About This Item
The discovery of gold by a team of Mormon mill workers in 1848 sparked a frenzy that shook the world. People swarmed to California from as far as China and Australia. They came from England and France, from Ireland and Chile, leaving behind their families and everything they owned in the hope of making their fortunes in the new world. They came by ship and overland, braving Tierra del Fuego and the pestilences of Panama, lured by the promise of gold. In a spellbinding narrative that spans several continents, Brands brings the fervour and excitement of the gold rush vividly to life. The Age of Gold is narrative history at its best -- the astonishing tale of one of the most extraordinary speculative frenzies in history, told by a master historian.
Very good with minor wear to dustcover. Illustrated sparsely in b/w
Synopsis
H. W. Brands is Distinguished Professor and Melbern G. Glasscock Chair of American History at Texas A&M University. He is the author of many books, among them The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin , which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and T.R.: The Last Romantic , a critically acclaimed biography of Theodore Roosevelt. He lives in Austin, Texas.
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- Bookseller
- Ari Dictum (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 284
- Title
- The Age of Gold
- Author
- H.W. Brands
- Format/Binding
- Yellow and black board with gilt lettering to spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385502168
- ISBN 13
- 9780385502160
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- Klondyke Klondike
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