The age of gold : the story of an obsession that shook the world / H.W. Brands.

By:

Brands, H. W

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : William Heinemann, 2005.Description: 547 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cmISBN:

043401320X
9780434013203

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

979.404 22

LOC classification:

F865 .B76 2005

Summary: The discovery of gold by a team of Mormon mill workers in 1848 sparked a frenzy that shook the world. People swarmed to California from as far as China and Australia. They came from England and France, from Ireland and Chile, leaving behind their families and everything they owned in the hope of making their fortunes in the new world. They came by ship and overland, braving Tierra del Fuego and the pestilences of Panama, lured by the promise of gold. This is- the astonishing tale of one of the most extraordinary speculative frenzies in history, told by a master historian.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Non-Fiction	Waimate Event Centre - Long term storage	Non Fiction	979.404 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Not for loan		A00407026

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The discovery of gold by a team of Mormon mill workers in 1848 sparked a frenzy that shook the world. People swarmed to California from as far as China and Australia. They came from England and France, from Ireland and Chile, leaving behind their families and everything they owned in the hope of making their fortunes in the new world. They came by ship and overland, braving Tierra del Fuego and the pestilences of Panama, lured by the promise of gold. This is- the astonishing tale of one of the most extraordinary speculative frenzies in history, told by a master historian.

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