Bibliograph

The gold rush, J.D. Lloyd, book editor

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Label

The gold rush, J.D. Lloyd, book editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-216) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The gold rush

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

47296237

Responsibility statement

J.D. Lloyd, book editor

Series statement

History firsthand

Table Of Contents

Discovery: Stumbling upon gold / James Marshall -- Empire crumbles / John Sutter -- Territory transformed / Walter Colton -- Reporting to the east coast / Thomas Larkin -- Rush-Heading westward: Leaving it all behind / Deward W. McIlhany -- Passage by sea / Enos Christman -- Into the wild plains / David R. Leeper -- Crossing the Isthmus of Panama / Mary Jane Megquier -- San Francisco and beyond / Edwin G. Waite -- Crossing the Sierra Nevada / William G. Johnston -- Prospecting for gold: Apprenticeship in gold hunting / William Kelly -- Diggings on the Mokelumne River / Bayard Taylor -- Running the sluices / Daniel C. Fletcher -- Working a wild river / L. Dow Stephens -- Dry digging on Weaver's Creek / E. Gould Buffum -- Trying and failing / William S. McCollum -- Daily life in mine country: Impressions of a trader / Franklin A. Buck -- Mining camp / Eliza W. Farnham -- Dandy in the mine / James H. Carson -- At the close of day / Leonard Kip -- Fickle weather / Jean-Nicolas Perlot -- Lady tries her hand / Dame Shirley -- Miner's Sunday / Prentice Mulford -- Wild and Lawless frontier: Gamblers / James H. Carson -- Bear encounter / Daniel Knower -- Calamities in Sacramento / Dr. Jacob Stillman -- Frontier justice / J.D. Borthwick -- Rough spectacle / William Perkins -- San Francisco fire of 1851 L. J. Hall

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