The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience

Has as a supplement

Original publication date

1981

People/Characters

William Swain

Important places

California, USA

Important events

California Gold Rush (1848–1855)

Dedication

for
Sarah Sabrina Swain  1860-1953
Edward Eberstadt       1883-1958
Dale L. Morgan            1914-1971
Craig Wylie              ... (show all);      1908-1976
and
Nancy, Tim, Brett, and Jack,
who also waited many years for "the book"

First words

(Prologue) I first read William Swain's diary in March 1948.

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After two years of war, the United States and Mexico on February 2, 1848, signed a treaty which ceded to the victor the vast expanse west from Texas and North to Oregon.

Last words

(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Sara stayed on, the last Swain to live in that house built by Isaac and his two sons.

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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)(Epilogue) The California they knew had become a place that gave new meaning, even reality, to the most American of myths - the pursuit of happiness.

Blurbers

Starr, Kevin; Lamar, Howard R.; Hutchinson, William H.; Billington, Ray Allen