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From Mexican Days to the Gold Rush: Memoirs of James Wilson Marshall & Edward Gould Buffum Who Grew Up with California
From Mexican Days to the Gold Rush Memoirs of James Wilson Marshall Edward Gould Buffum Who Grew Up with California Author:Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. Series: The Lakeside Classics — "Several years ago while searching through the collections at the Newberry Library in Chicago, we came across The Life and Adventures of James W. Marshall, the discoverer of gold in California. We were enamored with Marshall's bittersweet story not only because he died in poverty after his chance discover set off... more » the greatest population movement in American history, but also because of his involvement in a series of California events that eventually led to statehood. There was a problem, however, Marshall's story was too short to be, by itself, a Lakeside Classic. The second text, Six Months in the Gold Mines, is Edward Gould Buffum's account of his gold prospecting hardships followed by his career in California politics and journalism. Together, Marshall and Buffum give us a vision of an amazing 5 year period that saw California change from a sparsely populated, quiet, agrarian Mexican province into a multi-national melting pot of thousands who, led by bold & brash, ordinary Americans, won independence from Mexico and admittance into the Union."« less