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The Rush: America's Fevered Quest for Fortune, 1848-1853
Edward Dolnick
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Description for The Rush: America's Fevered Quest for Fortune, 1848-1853
Hardcover.
In the spring of 1848, rumours began to spread that gold had been discovered in a remote spot in the Sacramento Valley. A year later, newspaper headlines declared 'Gold Fever!' as hundreds of thousands of men and women borrowed money, quit their jobs, and allowed themselves - for the first time ever - to imagine a future of ease and splendor. In THE RUSH, Edward Dolnick brilliantly recounts their treacherous westward journeys by wagon and on foot, and takes us to the frenzied gold fields and the rowdy cities that sprang from nothing to jam-packed chaos. With an enthralling cast ... Read more
In the spring of 1848, rumours began to spread that gold had been discovered in a remote spot in the Sacramento Valley. A year later, newspaper headlines declared 'Gold Fever!' as hundreds of thousands of men and women borrowed money, quit their jobs, and allowed themselves - for the first time ever - to imagine a future of ease and splendor. In THE RUSH, Edward Dolnick brilliantly recounts their treacherous westward journeys by wagon and on foot, and takes us to the frenzied gold fields and the rowdy cities that sprang from nothing to jam-packed chaos. With an enthralling cast ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780316175685
SKU
V9780316175685
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Ref
99-15
About Edward Dolnick
Edward Dolnick is the author of The Forger's Spell, Down the Great Unknown and Edgar Award-winning The Rescue Artist. A former chief science writer at the Boston Globe, he has written for The Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times Magazine, and many other publications. There are over 130,000 copies of his books in print. He lives with his wife near ... Read more
Reviews for The Rush: America's Fevered Quest for Fortune, 1848-1853
Dolnick tells his story engagingly and with light touch. He has a novelist's talent for characterisation, and he raises fascinating questions. - New York Times Book Review