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Gold Rush A Literary Exploration
by California Council for the Humanities & Michael Kowalewski & Andrew Dean Nystrom
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- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0930588991
- ISBN 13
- 9780930588991
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Reno, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Berkely, California: Heyday Books, 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Very Good. Unmarked. ; Book Description; Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with minor wear. Ships Safe and Fast. The news of gold in California beckoned people from every continent on earth. This astonishing and instant migration would leave its mark forever on California and, indeed, the entire world. Taking a comprehensive look at the excitement, unrest, exploitation, and romanticism of the California gold rush, this unique and authoritative anthology combines firsthand accounts by the participants themselves and retrospective writings by later authors with dozens of historical photographs, cartoons, and other illustrations. Long sea voyages, arduous overland trips, life in early, bohemian San Francisco, and the feudalism of late gold rush society - all are vividly described in the words of those who experienced them. The writings of well-known authors like Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Ambrose Bierce, Dame Shirley, Henry David Thoreau, and Jack London blend with less familiar voices - Native Californians, Jews, immigrants from Asia, South America, and Europe, and women. Modern authors such as Bill Barich, Czeslaw Milosz, and Gary Snyder offer contemporary perspectives on the gold rush's environmental, economic, and cultural legacies. Together, these rich writings evoke the spirit and emotions of this legendary era. ; Trade PB; B&W Photographs; 8.90 X 6.30 X 1.30 inches; 512 pages DL2.
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- Bookseller
- Crossroads Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18617
- Title
- Gold Rush A Literary Exploration
- Author
- California Council for the Humanities & Michael Kowalewski & Andrew Dean Nystrom
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0930588991
- ISBN 13
- 9780930588991
- Publisher
- Heyday Books
- Place of Publication
- Berkely, California
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- mining history, gold rush, literary history
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