The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War

by Leonard L. Richards

Book Overview

It has always been understood that the 1848 discovery of gold in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada influenced the battle over the admission of California to the Union. But now, in this revelatory... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030726520X
• ISBN13: 9780307265203
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 289 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.5"