Dubuque During the California Gold Rush:: When the Midwest Went West

In 1849, news from California produced a strange alchemy in the region around Dubuque. Men used to the daily grind of the local lead mines felt a sudden fever for gold half a continent away. It was like a call to war, pulling the young men of the Midwest away to far-distant climes for an adventure and nightmare they would struggle to explain to those who remained on the home front. After meticulously combing through the correspondence between the Dubuque Forty-Niners and a home radically altered by their departure, Robert F. Klein examines one of the most fascinating periods of the American story from a fresh perspective.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: History Press
Published: 10/01/2011
ISBN: 9781609494919
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d