TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dolnick,Edward
TI  - The rush: America's fevered quest for fortune, 1848-1853 
SN  - 0316175684
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Little, Brown, and Company
KW  - Gold mines and mining
KW  - California
KW  - Overland journeys to the Pacific
KW  - Pioneers
KW  - West (U.S.)
KW  - Gold discoveries
KW  - History
KW  - 1846-1850
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-339) and index; Hope. A crack in time ; "I believe I have found a gold mine!" ; Headlong into history -- Journey. Swarming from all over ; A day at the circus ; An army on the march ; Let us glory in our magnificence ; A rope of sand ; Gone! ; Marooned -- Reality. First peeks at the Golden Land ; Hard times ; At ease in a barbarous land ; Taking the bread from American miners ; The princess and the mangled hand
N2  - Describes the adventurous prospectors who traversed the United States in 1848 in response to rumors of gold in the Sacramento Valley, detailing the rough and rowdy cities that popped up, seemingly out of thin air, to accommodate the treasure-seekers
ER  -