An edition of With golden visions bright before them (2012)

With golden visions bright before them

trails to the mining West, 1849-1852

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With golden visions bright before them
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University of Oklahoma Press
Language
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Subjects

Gold discoveries, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Frontier and pioneer life, History, Frontier and pioneer life, west (u.s.), California, gold discoveries, Oregon national historic trail, West (u.s.), history

Places

California National Historic Trail, Oregon National Historic Trail, California, West (U.S.)

Times

1848-1860

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With golden visions bright before them: trails to the mining West, 1849-1852
2012, University of Oklahoma Press
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Table of Contents

Men of enterprise and adventure : the rush begins
Avarice seems to rule : the forty-niners set out
Which road to take? : South Pass to City of Rocks
First flight of forty-niners : the race to the goldfields
Shortcuts to death : cutoffs, detours, and delusion in 1849
A new and shorter route : Lassen's Horn
Passing swarms : the trails in 1850
The very windows of heaven : the bust of 1851
The great tide of emigration : the trails in 1852
This insatiate thirst for gold : the birth of the mining West.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Series
Overland West : the story of the Oregon & California Trails and the creation of the mining West -- v. 2

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
304.80978
Library of Congress
F593 .B138 2012, F593.B138 2012

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Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25252861M
ISBN 13
9780806142845, 9780870624186
LCCN
2012008720
OCLC/WorldCat
780415684

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