Rush for riches
Découvertes d'or
California, gold discoveries
California, history
Gold discoveries
Gold mines and mining
Ouvrages illustrés
Geschichte
History
This book carries the story of the world's first gold rush from 1849 through the free-for-all decades of the 1860s and 70's and on to the climactic year 1884. J. S. Holliday describes California's transformation from the quietude of a Mexican hinterland to the forefront of entrepreneurial capitalism…
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