The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience

by J.S. Holliday · 1983

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Written by historian J. S. Holliday, The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience (1981) reconstructs the 1849 Gold Rush by centering on the diary and letters of '49er William Swain alongside accounts from more than 500 other gold seekers. The book tracks the complete human cycle of the migration: leaving family behind in the East, surviving the treacherous overland trek across plains and mountains, enduring the grueling reality of northern California mining camps, and grappling with unmet fortunes before returning home.

Subject
historybiography
Genre
western
Themes
American historyhistory
Setting
California
Audience
adult
Length
long · 568 pages

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