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The age of gold : the California Gold Rush and the new American dream / H.W. Brands.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Doubleday, 2002.Edition: 1st edDescription: 547 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0385502168
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 979.4/04 21
LOC classification:
  • F865 .B76 2002
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Contents:
Machine generated contents note: PART ONE -- The Gathering of Peoples -- (From the World to California: 1848-1849) 21 -- 1. In the Footsteps of Father Serra 25 -- 2. Across the Pacific 47 -- 3. The Peaks of Darien 65 -- 4. To the Bottom of the World and Back 93 -- 5. To See the Elephant 122 -- 6. Where Rivers Die 162 -- PART TWO -- From Vulcan's Forge -- (The Goldfields: 1848-1850s) 191 -- 7. With a Washbowl on My Knee I95 -- 8. A Millennium in a Day 226 -- PART THREE -- American Athena -- (California: 1849-1856) 243 -- 9. The Miracle of St. Francis 247 -- 10. Sutter's Last Stand 269 -- 11. Shaking the Temple 287 -- 12. Children of the Mother Lode 305 -- 13. Reflections in an All-Seeing Eye 334 -- PART FOUR -- The Gordian Knot and the Pacific Connection -- (California and the Union: 1856-1869) 359 -- 14. The Pathfinder's Return 363 -- 15. South by West 382 -- I6. From Sea to Shining Sea 404 -- PART FIVE -- The New El Dorado -- (America in the Age of Gold) 439 -- 17. Prometheus Unbound 445 -- I8. American Dreamers 475.
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Books Books قاعة الثقاقات الاجنبية - الدور الثالث المكتبة المركزبة الجديدة - جامعة القاهرة 979.404 B8198 Am.W. (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Available 01000110193900000

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [509]-527) and index.

Machine generated contents note: PART ONE -- The Gathering of Peoples -- (From the World to California: 1848-1849) 21 -- 1. In the Footsteps of Father Serra 25 -- 2. Across the Pacific 47 -- 3. The Peaks of Darien 65 -- 4. To the Bottom of the World and Back 93 -- 5. To See the Elephant 122 -- 6. Where Rivers Die 162 -- PART TWO -- From Vulcan's Forge -- (The Goldfields: 1848-1850s) 191 -- 7. With a Washbowl on My Knee I95 -- 8. A Millennium in a Day 226 -- PART THREE -- American Athena -- (California: 1849-1856) 243 -- 9. The Miracle of St. Francis 247 -- 10. Sutter's Last Stand 269 -- 11. Shaking the Temple 287 -- 12. Children of the Mother Lode 305 -- 13. Reflections in an All-Seeing Eye 334 -- PART FOUR -- The Gordian Knot and the Pacific Connection -- (California and the Union: 1856-1869) 359 -- 14. The Pathfinder's Return 363 -- 15. South by West 382 -- I6. From Sea to Shining Sea 404 -- PART FIVE -- The New El Dorado -- (America in the Age of Gold) 439 -- 17. Prometheus Unbound 445 -- I8. American Dreamers 475.

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