Gold!: The Story of the 1848 Gold Rush and How It Shaped a Nation by Fred Rosen

Gold!: The Story of the 1848 Gold Rush and How It Shaped a Nation

Fred Rosen

352 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history informative fast-paced
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On January 24, 1848, as carpenter James Marshall worked on building a sawmill at John Sutter's Fort, east of Sacramento, California, he accidentally discovered a pea-sized nugget of gold in a ditch. Just like that, the scope of the American myth c...

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