"Four Months Among the Gold-Finders in Alta California" is a captivating work through J. Tyrwhitt Brooks, offering readers a compelling glimpse into the California Gold Rush during the mid-19th century. Brooks, an astute observer and participant within the transformative activities, affords an invaluable first-hand account of this high-quality length in American history. The book chronicles Brooks' journey thru Alta California, where the discovery of gold had induced an unprecedented rush of fortune-seekers from all corners of the globe. Brooks, with keen insight and bright narration, portrays the rugged landscapes, the makeshift mining camps, and the numerous array of individuals who were attracted to California in pursuit of their goals. In addition to describing the physical demanding situations of gold prospecting, Brooks delves into the human stories, the struggles, and the profound effect of the Gold Rush on society and tradition. His writing is a window into the excitement, the hardships, and the resilience of folks that participated in this historical occasion. As a primary supply, "Four Months Among the Gold-Finders" is a valuable useful resource for historians and enthusiasts, offering a complete information of a defining bankruptcy in American history. J. Tyrwhitt Brooks' paintings preserves the spirit of the Gold Rush era and continues to captivate readers with its wealthy narrative and historic significance.

This fictitious diary about the Californian Gold Rush was widely accepted as genuine, and was a bestseller in 1849.

An absorbing expedition diary among the high mountains and flat plains of the wild west, during the incredible scramble for wealth that was the California gold rush.

This bibliography of more than three thousand entries, often extensively annotated, lists books and pamphlets that illuminate evolving British views on the United States during a period of great change on both sides of the Atlantic. Subjects addressed in various decades include slavery and abolitionism, women's rights, the Civil War, organized labor, economic, cultural, and social behavior, political and religious movements, and the "American" character in general.

What do the Trojan Horse, Piltdown Man, Keely Motor Company, and Ponzi Scheme have in common? They were all famous hoaxes, carefully designed and bolstered with false evidence. The con artists in this book pursued a variety of ambitions—making money, winning wars, mocking authority, finding fame, trading an ordinary life for a glamorous one—but they all chose the lowest, fastest road to get there. Every hoax is a curtain, and behind it is a deceiver operating levers and smoke machines to make us see what is not there and miss what is. As P.T. Barnum knew, you can short-circuit critical thinking in any century by telling people what they want to hear. Most scams operate on a personal scale, but some have shaped the balance of world power, inspired explorers to sail uncharted seas, derailed scientific progress, or caused terrible massacres. A HISTORY OF AMBITION IN 50 HOAXES guides us through a rogue’s gallery of hustlers, liars, swindlers, imposters, scammers, pretenders, and cheats. In Gale Eaton’s wide-ranging synthesis, the history of deception is a colorful tour, with surprising insights behind every curtain. Fountas & Pinnell Level Z+

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1948.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1966.