The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience (1981)

by J. S. Holliday, William Swain

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Provides a dramatic re-creation of the exciting events during the California Gold Rush, combining letters, firsthand accounts, and historical narrative.

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This account (mostly first-person) of the California Gold Rush really brought it home for me. (

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lateinnings | May 21, 2010 |

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signed by author

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gold rush routes, life

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
J. S. Holliday	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Swain, William	—	main author	all editions	confirmed

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The California Trail: An Epic With Many Heroes by George R. Stewart

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Awards

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards (Gold Medal – Californiana – 1981)

Notable Lists

Notable Books List (1982)

San Francisco Chronicle list of The 20th Century's 100 Best Nonfiction of the American West (1999)

UC Berkeley Summer Reading List (1985)

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1981

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William Swain

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California, USA

Important events

California Gold Rush (1848–1855)

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Dedication

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

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

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.

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Starr, Kevin

Lamar, Howard R.

Hutchinson, William H.

Billington, Ray Allen

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