Gold Dust - The California Gold Rush and the Forty-Niners

Gold Dust (1980) looks at the adventures and ordeals, delusions and successes and catastrophes of the men and women - the forty-niners - caught up in the gold rush. The author tells the story of the gold rush through the experiences, feelings and thoughts of the people who participated in it.

List of contents

1. Sunrise in a Bottle 2. The Gilded Summer 3. Ho for California! 4. Oh! Susanna 5. The Argosy 6. The Easy Way 7. Reveille on the Rivers 8. The Course of Empire 9. The Unyielding Land 10. Magic Lantern Country 11. Fire and Ice 12. Muster of Strangers 13. Twilight in Eden 14. The Morning After

Product details

• Authors: Donald Dale Jackson, Jackson Donald Dale
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 06.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032598468
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3259846-8
• No. of pages: 318
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, California, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, Economic history, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Social and cultural history, History of the Americas, Environmentalist thought and ideology, c 1840 to c 1849