New book presents eyewitness accounts of the challenges, drama, excitement and heartbreak of the 1949 California Gold Rush
Frank Baumgardner announces the publication of 'Golden Dreams'
SANTA ROSA, Calif., July 12, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Frank Baumgardner — author "Yanks in the Redwoods," "Killing for Land" and "Blood Will Tell" — is back in the publishing scene with the release of "Golden Dreams: True Stories of Adventure in the California Gold Rush" (published by Archway Publishing).
This book presents eyewitness accounts of the challenges, drama, excitement and heartbreak of the 1949 California Gold Rush. Through a collection of diary entries from gold seekers, readers get a glimpse of the frenzy that overtook the world, the lives of the miners, and how the move West changed the fabric of a nation. Their perseverance, courage, dedication, fortitude and passion were what turned the remote land of California to be eternally known as "the golden state."
A Honolulu newspaper, Polynesian, reported on July 8, 1849:
The Gold Fever. The California alias gold fever is beginning to rage with unprecedented fury among the denizens of our town. One after another comes to request us to announce their intention to depart from this Kingdom. The promulgation of the law respecting passports came at an unlucky time for some … In the emergence of the occasion, creditors will do well to watch their interests closely, for it is impossible to tell who will go next.
Visit https://www.archwaypublishing.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/794356-Golden-Dreams to purchase a copy.
"Golden Dreams: True Stories of Adventure in the California Gold Rush"
By Frank Baumgardner
Softcover | 7.5 x 9.25in | 238 pages | ISBN 9781480886766
E-Book | 238 pages | ISBN 9781480886773
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the Author
Frank Baumgardner has been fascinated with the California Gold Rush and the expansion West ever since learning about it in the fourth grade. He explores why people moved thousands of miles to an unknown place in his latest book, "Golden Dreams."
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