TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brands, H. W.
TI  - The age of gold: the story of an obsession that shook the world 
SN  - 043401320X
AV  - F865 .B76 2005
U1  - 979.404 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - London
PB  - William Heinemann
KW  - Gold mines and mining
KW  - California
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - fast
KW  - Gold discoveries
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
ER  -