The Rush: A New History of the Gold Rush - America's Fevered Quest for Fortune, 1848-1855

Author: Edward Dolnick
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Category: History, United States
Age Group: 15+
Book Format: Hardcover

 

In the spring of 1848, rumours began to spread that gold had been discovered in a remote spot in the Sacramento Valley. A year later, newspaper headlines declared 'Gold Fever!' as hundreds of thousands of men and women borrowed money, quit their jobs, and allowed themselves - for the first time ever - to imagine a future of ease and splendor. In THE RUSH, Edward Dolnick brilliantly recounts their treacherous westward journeys by wagon and on foot, and takes us to the frenzied gold fields and the rowdy cities that sprang from nothing to jam-packed chaos. With an enthralling cast of characters and scenes of unimaginable wealth and desperate ruin, THE RUSH is a fascinating - and rollicking - account of the greatest treasure hunt the world has ever seen.

 

About Edward Dolnick

Edward Dolnick is the author of The Forger's Spell, Down the Great Unknown and Edgar Award-winning The Rescue Artist. A former chief science writer at the Boston Globe, he has written for The Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times Magazine, and many other publications. There are over 130,000 copies of his books in print. He lives with his wife near Washington, D.C.

 

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SKU BK-9780316175685
Barcode # 9780316175685
Brand Little Brown and Company
Artist / Author Edward Dolnick
Shipping Weight 0.6000kg
Shipping Width 0.160m
Shipping Height 0.040m
Shipping Length 0.240m
Assembled Length 24.130m
Assembled Height 3.560m
Assembled Width 15.750m
Type Hardcover

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