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

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

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 rem…

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