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The Age of Gold by H. W. Brands (2002, Hardcover, Revised) 
The Age of Gold by H. W. Brands (2002, Hardcover, Revised)

 
The Age of Gold by H. W. Brands (2002, Hardcover, Revised)

Author: H. W. Brands
Publisher: Doubleday
Publication Date: 2002-08-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0385502168
ISBN-13: 9780385502160
Product ID: EPID2299574
Description: A noted historian and biographer explores the central figures and events of the California Gold rush, and assesses its significance as a turning point in American history.
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Synopsis
A noted historian and biographer explores the central figures and events of the California Gold rush, and assesses its significance as a turning point in American history.

Details
Publication Date:2002-08-01
Edition Description:Revised

Size
Length:547 pages
Height:9.8 in
Width:6.5 in
Thickness:1.8 in
Weight:32.0 oz

Publisher's Note
A history of the people and commercial imperatives that contributed to the California gold rush discusses the massive influx of hundreds of thousands of people to the area, which became a state in record time, in a volume set against the political climate and national issues of the period.

Industry Reviews
"A lucid, literate survey of events that transformed the nation, for better or worse."
Kirkus Reviews (06/01/2002)

"[A] convincing argument, especially when bolstered, as it is here, by a mother lode of memorable anecdotes. This is a long book, but it earns its keep from start to finish."
Book - Terry Teachout

"Who knew, for example, that pine makes such better lumber than cottonwood or oak? Who knew that future Troy excavator Heinrich Schliemann passed through San Francisco 150 years ago? Who knew we'd even care? <BR> Yet thanks to Brands' witty, athletic prose--and the bracing biodiversity of his vocabulary--we do. As in the vertiginous murals of the great California artist James Doolin, who died just last month, Brands takes us close enough to see the glimmer at the bottom of a millrace, then whisks us high enough to glimpse the curvature of Earth
San Francisco Chronicle Book Review - David Kipen (08/18/2002)

'...Brands brings a colourful cast of characters to the attention of his readers."
Times Literary Supplement - Martin Padget (04/29/2005)

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