Gold Fever: The Beginning of the California Gold Rush (Memorial Edition) (Winning of the West #3)
Ashland, KY: Jesse Stuart Foundation, 2014. 1st Edition. Hardcover_boards. In original shrink wrap. 6.25"x9.25" 553 pgs. Author photo on back. Gift Quality. Price covers extra shipping weight & secure ship in box w/track #. New / New. Item #17541
ISBN: 9781938471339
Winning of the Book 3 Gold Fever focuses upon the early phase of the Gold Rush era, beginning in early 1848 and concluding in September, 1849. Allan Eckert, a widely admired historian, relates in compelling detail the intriguing chain of developments in this great national obsession, including the following profoundly influential Gold's initial James Marshall, John Sutter's assistant, found a nugget in late January, 1848 on a site 45 miles distant from Sutter's Fort, where he was supervising the construction of a sawmill for his boss. Although Sutter apprehensively tried in vain to conceal the find, most of the region's inhabitants greeted the rumors with disbelief. Only a few gullible men rushed to the saw-mill site.
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