Account of the overland passage to the West Coast and an early informative picture of California mining culture in the wake of the discovery of gold
J. S. Holliday is the director emeritus of the California Historical Society and the author of The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience and Rush for Riches: Gold Fever and the Making of California.
“Whether or not the reader is as enamored of diaries and memoirs as
I, there is so much detail, so much revelation about feelings,
opinions, and beliefs of both the author and those he writes about,
that this should be required reading in every high school and
college reading list. It is a wonderful book.”—Roundup Magazine
“This new edition will serve as a fine introduction to the gold
rush literature for new readers and as a welcome reminder to
established scholars.”—David A. Walker, Journal of the West
"You can't miss with the Bison Books from the University of
Nebraska Press. This sentiment is doubly true when one of its books
bears an introduction by the outstanding interpreter of our
California Gold Rush, J.S. Holliday."—California Territorial
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