The gold seekers : gold, ghosts, and legends from Carolina to California /

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The author presents both a history of this first gold rush and a bounty of legends that evolved from it. She tells how it began in North Carolina, the state that supplied all domestic gold coined at the U.S. Mint between 1804 and 1828, and of the discovery of gold in Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roberts, Nancy, 1924-2008
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, ©1989.
Temas:
1800-1899
Gold mines and mining > Southern States > History > Juvenile literature.
Gold mines and mining > California > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
Or > Mines et extraction > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > United States > History > State & Local.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Gold mines and mining
Southern States > Gold discoveries > Juvenile literature.
California > Gold discoveries > Juvenile literature.
États-Unis (Sud) > Découvertes d'or > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
California
Southern States
History
Juvenile works
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The discovery of gold in North Carolina
  • The specter of the Reed mine
  • The legendary Walter George
  • The grisly ghost of Gold Hill
  • The discovery of gold in Virginia
  • The discovery of gold in South Carolina
  • They called me "Fool Billy"
  • Scalett O'Hara of the Dorn Mine
  • The future of Cap'n Thies
  • The discovery of gold in Georgia
  • "Free Jim"
  • Old Miss Mollie's back
  • The discovery of gold in Alabama.
  • The discovery of gold in California
  • A North Carolinian shapes California
  • Off to the Gold Rush
  • Green Russell: a man without fear
  • Darling of the gold camps
  • The bride of Vallecito
  • The mark of Black Bart.

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