2003, ISBN: 9780312878337

New York: Forge; A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2003. 379 pages, illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Small remainder mark (ink dot)/top edge. Stated First Edition. F… Más…

New York: Forge; A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2003. 379 pages, illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Small remainder mark (ink dot)/top edge. Stated First Edition. Fine DJ. "'Gold! Gold on the American River!' This declaration, shouted in the streets of San Francisco in the spring of 1848, electrified the nation, and its echo was heard in the farthest corners of the globe. In the five years that followed, tens of thousands of hopeful argonauts made their way to the vast territory on the Pacific conquered by the United States in its recent war with Mexico. They traveled overland from the Missouri River, their ox-drawn wagons crossing the Rocky Mountains, vast plains and deserts, and the formidable peaks of the Sierra Nevada. They journeyed by boat and on foot across the fever-ridden jungles of the Isthmus of Panama. They took ship from eastern seaports and sailed sixteen thousand miles via Cape Horn to the gateway of the goldfields, the new city of San Francisco. In Eldorado, award-winning historian Dale L. Walker presents the complete, often gaudy, always fascinating story of the California Gold Rush, the greatest mining bonanza in all of American history. The story ranges from the discovery by a New Jersey carpenter at a sawmill north of Sutter's Fort to the advent of large-scale hydraulic mining that spelled the ruination of the land and the end of the boom days when a Forty-niner with a pick and a pan found 'colors' in a streambed and earned his wages-an ounce of raw gold a day. Walker's narrative of this pivotal event of American history is drawn from the lives and experiences of those 'on the ground' in the rush, those who blazed the trails and settled the West in their search for the riches at the rainbow's end. / Born in Illinois, the son of a career army sergeant, Dale L. Walker is a journalism graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso whose 20 books reflect his varied historical interests: military and Western history, 19th century 'Golden Age' journalism, biography, and Jack London studies. Among his books are Januarius Macgahan: The Life and Times of an American War Correspondent; Legends and Lies: Great Mysteries of the American West; The Boys of '98; Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders; Bear Flag Rising: The Conquest of California; Pacific Destiny; and Eldorado: The California Gold Rush. He is a four-time winner of the Spur Award from Western Writers of America, the Owen Wister Award for life achievement in the history and literature of the American West, and many other awards, and is a member of the prestigious Texas Institute of Letters." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo., Forge; A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2003, 4<

ISBN: 9780312878337

Forge Books. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex librar… Más…

Forge Books. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Forge Books, 2.5<

2003, ISBN: 9780312878337

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Forge Books. Fine with no wear or markings in a fine jacket - looks new. Some illustrations and a map. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2003., Forge Books, 2003, 5

ISBN: 9780312878337

Paperback. Very Good., 3