St. Thomas Becket Academy & High School Library

The forty-niners /

The forty-niners / by the editors of Time-Life Books ; with text by William Weber Johnson. - 240 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (some color) ; 28 cm. - The Old West . - Old West (Alexandria, Va.) .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-237) and index.

Gold, gold in California! -- Sailing for El Dorado -- The rough realities of grubbing for gold -- The sprouting shantytowns -- Boomtown on the Bay -- Wondrous end of a wild quest.

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California--History--1846-1850.
California--Gold discoveries.

F865 / .T55 1974