| Dubuque During the California Gold Rush: When the Midwest Went West Contributor(s): Klein, Robert F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1540231127 ISBN-13: 9781540231123 Publisher: History Press Library Editions OUR PRICE: $28.79 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| 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 - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 977.739 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6" W x 9" (0.85 lbs) 162 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Geographic Orientation - Iowa - Cultural Region - Heartland - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest - Locality - Dubuque, Iowa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| 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. |