A narrative tour de force that combines wide-ranging scholarship with captivating prose, Kevin Starr's acclaimed multi-volume Americans and the California Dream

An account of the California Gold Rush, discussing the people and events involved and the effect of that gold discovery upon the future of California and the na

When gold was found in Northern California, news of it spread like a wildfire during the spring and summer of 1848. At first, most people thought the reports we

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