The Gold Rush Letters of E. Allen Grosh and Hosea B. Grosh

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Edition: annotated edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0874178851

The Gold Rush Letters of E. Allen Grosh and Hosea B. Grosh (Wilber S. Shepperson Series in Nevada History)

When brothers Ethan and Hosea Grosh left Pennsylvania in 1849, they joined throngs of men from all over the world intent on finding a fortune in the California Gold Rush. Get The Gold Rush Letters of E. Allen Grosh and Hosea B. Grosh literature books for free.
Their search for wealth took them from San Francisco into the gold country and then over the Sierra into Nevada's Gold Canyon, where they placer-mined for gold and discovered a deposit of silver. The letters they sent back to their family offer vivid commentaries on the turbulent western frontier, the diverse society of the Gold Rush camps, and the heartbreaking labor and frustration of mining. Their lively descriptions of Gold Canyon provide one of the earliest accounts of life in what would soon become the fabulously wealthy Comstock Mining District.

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