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After the Gold Rush: Tarnished Dreams in the Sacramento Valley
After the Gold Rush Tarnished Dreams in the Sacramento Valley
Author: David Vaught
"It is a glorious country," exclaimed Stephen J. Field, the future U.S. Supreme Court justice, upon arriving in California in 1849. Field's pronouncement was more than just an expression of exuberance. For an electrifying moment, he and another 100,000 hopeful gold miners found themselves face-to-face with something commensurate to their capacit...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780801892578
ISBN-10: 0801892570
Publication Date: 5/19/2009
Pages: 328
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Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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