The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience.[Based on diary of Wm.Swain,1849-1851;with info from 500 other diaries]

by James S. Holliday

Paper Book, 1981

Status

Available

Call number

979.4

Genres

Collection

Wild West

Publication

Touchstone/Simon & Schuster (1981), Edition: (1st,1981)

Description

Provides a dramatic re-creation of the exciting events during the California Gold Rush, combining letters, firsthand accounts, and historical narrative.

User reviews

LibraryThing member lateinnings

This account (mostly first-person) of the California Gold Rush really brought it home for me.

Subjects

California Biography

California Gold discoveries

California History 1846-1850

Overland journeys to the Pacific

Pioneers California Biography

1 more

Swain, William, 1821-1904

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Awards

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards (Gold Medal — 1981)

Notable Books List (1982)

UC Berkeley Summer Reading List (1985)

San Francisco Chronicle list of The 20th Century's 100 Best Nonfiction of the American West (1999)

Original publication date

1981

ISBN

067125538X / 9780671255381

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