Product Overview
This comprehensive narrative history of the California Gold Rush describes daily life during this historic period, documenting its wide-reaching effects and examining the significant individuals and organizations of the time.
Contains excerpts from California Gold Rush diaries and California Gold Rush era publications
Provides a chronology of the events leading up to the Gold Rush, the event itself, and the greater outgrowth of historical change afterwards
Includes maps distinguishing the location of the mining towns during the California Gold Rush as well as provocative vintage images from the Gold Rush era
An extensive bibliography provides primary and secondary sources on the Gold Rush
A comprehensive glossary defines Gold Rush terms
