The Age of Gold Book Reviews

AUTHOR
H. W. Brands
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
96

The Age of Gold by H. W. Brands Book Summary

From the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War—the epic story of the California Gold Rush, “a fine, robust telling of one of the greatest adventure stories in history" (David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of John Adams).

The California Gold Rush inspired a new American dream—the “dream of instant wealth, won by audacity and good luck.” The discovery of gold on the American River in 1848 triggered the most astonishing mass movement of peoples since the Crusades. It drew fortune-seekers from the ends of the earth, accelerated America’s imperial expansion, and exacerbated the tensions that exploded in the Civil War. 

H.W. Brands tells his epic story from multiple perspectives: of adventurers John and Jessie Fremont, entrepreneur Leland Stanford, and the wry observer Samuel Clemens—side by side with prospectors, soldiers, and scoundrels. He imparts a visceral sense of the distances they traveled, the suffering they endured, and the fortunes they made and lost. Impressive in its scholarship and overflowing with life, The Age of Gold is history in the grand traditions of Stephen Ambrose and David McCullough.

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Book Name The Age of Gold
Genre U.S. History
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Language English
E-Book Size 11.81 MB

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Summary of The Age of Gold by H. W. Brands

The The Age of Gold book written by H. W. Brands was published on 20 August 2002, Tuesday in the U.S. History category. A total of 96 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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