A Frenchman in the Gold Rush
A Frenchman in the Gold Rush

Author: Ernest de Massey

Publisher: San Francisco, California historical society

Published: 1927

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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Ernest de Massey was the younger son of a well-to-do French family that sailed to America and the Gold Rush in the spring of 1849. He eventually settled in San Francisco, where he lived until his return to Europe in 1857. A Frenchman in the gold rush (1927) is a translation of de Massey's journal covering his voyage to California, gold mining on the Trinity River, 1850, and visits to San José, Santa Cruz, and San Juan Bautista; and his career as a San Francisco businessman and journalist, 1850-1851.

Rush to Gold
Rush to Gold

Author: Malcolm J. Rohrbough

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2013-07-23

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 030018140X

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The California Gold Rush attracted 300,000 gold seekers in the mid-1800s, and it is the story of 30,000 Frenchman who came by sea that is told in The Rush to Gold. This is the first book to give an international focus to this pivotal time.

Days of Gold
Days of Gold

Author: Malcolm J. Rohrbough

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1998-10-15

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 0520216598

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When gold was discovered in California in 1848, the news caused the greatest mass migration in the history of the Republic. This comprehensive history demonstrates how the Gold Rush touched the lives of families & communities everywhere in the U.S.

Gold Seeker
Gold Seeker

Author: Jean-Nicolas Perlot

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1985-01-01

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 9780300076455

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The memoirs of a Belgian during the Gold Rush years in America.

Art of the Gold Rush
Art of the Gold Rush

Author: Janice T. Driesbach

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1998-04

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 0520214323

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"Art of the Gold Rush" features drawings and oil paintings of images of the scenery, people, and activity surrounding the 80,000 travelers to California in search of golden nuggets.

A Gil Blas in California
A Gil Blas in California

Author: Alexandre Dumas

Publisher:

Published: 1933

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13:

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Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) was one of France's most acclaimed novelists of the nineteenth century. A Gil Blas in California (1933) is an English translation of a work first published in Brussels in 1852, with Dumas presenting it as his rendering of a young Frenchman's firsthand account of his adventures in the California Gold Rush. Many critics doubt its claims as a work of non-fiction. The tale covers a voyage round the Horn from Le Havre, life at French Camp, San Francisco fires, California farming and wildlife, hunting trips near Sonoma and in the Mariposa Valley, and a visit to San José.

We the Miners
We the Miners

Author: Andrea G. McDowell

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2022-06-28

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0674248112

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The California Gold Rush is thought to exemplify the Wild West, yet miners were expert organizers. Driven by property interests, they enacted mining codes, held criminal trials, and decided claim disputes. But democracy and law did not extend to “foreigners” and Indians, and miners were hesitant to yield power to the state that formed around them.

What Was the Gold Rush?
What Was the Gold Rush?

Author: Joan Holub

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-02-07

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1101610298

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In 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting over 300,000 people from all over the world, some who struck it rich and many more who didn't. Hear the stories about the gold-seeking "forty-niners!" With black-and white illustrations and sixteen pages of photos, a nugget from history is brought to life!