Description
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for the University of Idaho PressGold fever swept through young America with electrifying swiftness, and seemingly content citizens abandoned their settled lives to travel to the gold fields in the hope of striking it rich. This is the classic work on the gold discoveries at Sutter's Mill, the Comstock Lode, the Klondike and other western gold rushes.
Read More
The rush for gold in the American West set off a mass exodus to the region that lasted a half-century after 1848. Gold fever swept through young America with electrifying swiftness, and seemingly content citizens abandoned their settled lives to travel to the gold fields in the hope of striking it rich. This is the classic work on the gold discoveries at Sutter's Mill, the Comstock Lode, the Klondike, and other western gold rushes.
Read Less