Volunteer Forty-niners : Tennesseans and the California gold rush / Walter T. Durham.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Durham, Walter T., 1924-2013
Language:English
Published: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 1997.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Migration, Internal > United States > History > 19th century.
California > Gold discoveries.
California > History > 1846-1850.
Tennessee > Population > History > 19th century.
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Physical Description:xvi, 324 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • California gold!
  • By land and sea in '49
  • Going for the gold
  • Trailing southern routes
  • Via Fort Smith and Santa Fe
  • The California Trail in '49
  • Slow passage
  • The thing must have its run
  • The birth of a state
  • Political gold
  • Not for the faint of heart
  • Beyond the mines
  • Statesmen and filibusters
  • Gold and the gospel
  • Home again.