The Rush: America's Fevered Quest for Fortune, 1848-1853

by Edward Dolnick

Book Overview

A riveting portrait of the Gold Rush, by the award-winning author of Down the Great Unknown and The Forger's Spell.

In the spring of 1848, rumors began to spread that gold had been discovered in a remote spot in the Sacramento Valley. A year later, newspaper headlines declared "Gold Fever!" as hundreds of thousands of men and women borrowed money, quit their jobs, and allowed themselves- for the first time ever-to imagine...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316175684
• ISBN13: 9780316175685
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.5"