After the Gold Rush: Tarnished Dreams in the Sacramento Valley

by David Vaught

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2008 Winner of the Albert J. Beveridge Award of the American Historical Association

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 capacity to dream. Most...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0801892570

ISBN13:9780801892578

Release Date:June 2009

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:328 Pages

Weight:1.18 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"

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