Precious Dust: The Saga of the Western Gold Rushes

by Paula Mitchell Marks

Book Overview

The boom era began with the discovery of gold in California in 1848 and extended over fifty years to include the rushes in the Pikes Peak region in Colorado, the Black Hills of South Dakota, Alder Gulch in Montana, and the Yukon. Precious Dust humanizes the mad rush to these remote places Paula Mitchell Marks's books include And Die in the West: The Story of the O.K. Corral Gunfight. She teaches history at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803282478
• ISBN13: 9780803282476
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Bison
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

good historical reading

This book is great if you want to know about the gold rushes of America. She organized it in good ways to keep the different aspects of the rushes interesting.