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ISBN13: 9780851512136 ISBN10: 0851512135 Material Type: hardcover
ISBN13: 9780944386705 ISBN10: 0944386709 Material Type: paperback
Gold!: The Story of the 1848 Gold Rush and How It Shaped a Nation Animated Packed with practical adviceThere isnt an American alive today who hasnt been affected by what happened at Sutters Fort east of Sacramento on January 24, 1848. Carpenter James Marshall was building a sawmill when he accidentally discovered a pea shaped nugget of gold in a ditch. Just like that, the American character changed, and the gold rush became the focal point of mid nineteenth century America. From 1848 to 1850, ninety thousand people trekked across the continent when