They Saw the Elephant: Women in the California Gold Rush
by JoAnn Levy
They Saw the Elephant: Women in the California Gold Rush Here a variety of women travel, work, and write their way across the pages of western migrant history."The phrase ’seeing the elephant’ symbolized for ’49 gold rushers the exotic, t
Rating: 4.54 (533 Votes)
Asin: 0806124733
Format Type: Paperback
Publish Date: 2014-09-05
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Number of Pages: 288 Pages
"The phrase ’seeing the elephant’ symbolized for ’49 gold rushers the exotic, the mythical, the once-in-a-lifetime adventure, unequaled anywhere else but in the journey to the promised land of fortune: California. Most western myths generally depict an exclusively male gold rush. Levy’s book debunks that myth. Here a variety of women travel, work, and write their way across the pages of western migrant history."-Choice"One of the best and most comprehensive accounts of gold rush life to date"ˆSan Francisco Chronicle
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