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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