The California Gold Rush

New York: Random House - Landmark Books, 1987. First Printing . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5" x 7 1/2. 147 pages. Very tight clean book that appears to only have been opened a few times. There is just a hint of age tanning on some pages that appear more cream than tan. Contents in 19 Chapters: It's Gold, Bad Medicine, The Devil's Blowhole, Let's Go, Rounding the Horn, Sabn Francisco, Through the Jungle, Six-Shooter City, Oh Susanna, Shovel and Pan, River Town, Miner's Holiday, Every Man for Himself, The Gold Lake Stampede, The Mariposa, Bandit, Hangtown, A Song and a Dance and The Golden Dream. Here's a true-life adventure story that recreates the days of old, the days of gold when young men went west with a pick and shovel to look for riches, and stayed to add a new chapter to our country's history. The entire nation was caught up in gold fever as people from all walks of life dropped everything to search for a fortune. the people who made the early days of the West so colorful and exciting are skillfully brought to lifee, the explorers, the prospecdtors, the bandits, and the people who build fortunes not on gold itself but on the business it brought them. Many anecdotes abou the fabulous strikes and legendary characters of the mining camps have been culled from old documents to supply fresh and authentic background. This is a fascinating account of a timee when it seemed that anything could happen.