"Mother Lode Mashup" is a two-volume set containing literature about California's Gold Rush Country, often called the Mother Lode. Volume 1 contains fictional works; volume 2 is comprised of nonfiction. This volume (vol. 2) contains extracts from works by Mark Twain, Albert Bigelow Paine, Henry Childs Merwin, and a complete (short) book by T.D. Beasley