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Gold!: The Story of the 1848 Gold Rush and How It Shaped a Nation
Gold The Story of the 1848 Gold Rush and How It Shaped a Nation
Author: Fred Rosen
On January 24, 1848, as carpenter James Marshall worked on building a sawmill at John Sutter's Fort, east of Sacramento, California, he accidentally discovered a pea-sized nugget of gold in a ditch. Just like that, the scope of the American myth changed. From 1848 to 1850, 90,000 people trekked across the continent; by 1854, that figure had rise...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781560259619
ISBN-10: 1560259612
Publication Date: 12/8/2006
Pages: 352
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Publisher: Running Press
Book Type: Paperback
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