JoAnn Levy is a free-lance writer born and raised in California. She lives in Los Angeles, but is most at home in a mountainside cabin near the Old Okum mine in the Sierra Nevada Mother Lode.
-One of the best and most comprehensive accounts of gold rush life to date.---San Francisco Chronicle
Not just another book about the California Gold Rush, this account of the over-looked ``gold rushing women'' makes a significant contribution to the scholarship of women's studies. Quoting from letters, diaries, and reminiscences, California native Levy skillfully weaves together the stories of two dozen women, re-creating the experience of thousands. Liberated from social restraints, the women Argonauts worked as ``boarding house keepers and miners, missionaries and actresses, church builders and gamblers, school teachers and temperance speakers, even a Wells Fargo & Company stage driver.'' Devotees of Californiana will enjoy this adventure story. Scholars will value the extensive bibliography and the biographical postscripts.-- Virginia C. Parker, M.L.S., Logan, Ut.
YA-- In this exciting and inspiring account of the women who helped settle California, Levy explores the leadership roles of those who contributed to the founding of businesses, towns, and mining camps. Photographs, letters, and diary accounts contribute to the realism of these adventures.
-One of the best and most comprehensive accounts of gold rush life to date.---San Francisco Chronicle
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