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They Saw the Elephant: Women in the California Gold Rush
They Saw the Elephant Women in the California Gold Rush
Author: JoAnn Levy
In the literature of the Gold Rush, women have been generally neglected. Freelance writer Levy here corrects that oversight with a colorful account of intrepid female argonauts--with and without men. She draws on letters, journals and reminiscences for a fresh view of western history. The women traveled overland, by ship round the Horn (one fami...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780806124735
ISBN-10: 0806124733
Publication Date: 9/1992
Pages: 265
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Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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I purchased this book for a research project, and I wasn't disappointed. It is a very comprehensive account of what women dealt with during the California Gold Rush, complete with documented facts from newspapers of the day. Though I purchased this for research purposes I found myself drawn into the book and unable to put it down - it is just as entertaining as it is informative.


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