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Dubuque During the California Gold Rush:: When the Midwest Went West
Contributor(s): Klein, Robert F. (Author)
ISBN: 1609494911     ISBN-13: 9781609494919
Publisher: History Press
OUR PRICE:   $19.79  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi
- History | United States - 19th Century
Dewey: 977.739
LCCN: 2011044108
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.60 lbs) 160 pages
Themes:
- Locality - Dubuque, Iowa
- Geographic Orientation - Iowa
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
 
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Publisher Description:
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.

Contributor Bio(s): Klein, Robert F.: - Robert Klein is a lifelong resident of Dubuque who was educated in the local schools and graduated with a BA degree from Loras College. After tours in the U.S. Army, he received the MSLS degree from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
He then became assistant librarian at Loras College from 1964 to 1969 and library director from 1969 to 2004. He served for ten years on the Board of Directors and is a past president of the Dubuque County Historical Society. He is one of the co-founders of the Center for Dubuque History at Loras College. He is the editor of two previous publications: Chandler Childs's Dubuque: Frontier River City (1984) and Foundations: The Letters of Mathias Loras, Bishop of Dubuque (2004).