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Index
Cover
About this Book
Title Page
Contents
Chapter 1: Those Golden Hills
A Gentleman of Substance
One Winter’s Day at Coloma
Off to the Foothills
Chapter 2: California Bound
A Good Ship and a Fair Wind
Hazards of the Voyage
The Panama Connection
Across the Wide Missouri
Life and Death on the Prairie
The Place of Many Trails
The Promised Land
Chapter 3: Greed and Dreams
An Odd Place, Unlike Any Other
Gold Fever
Them Thar Hills!
Hunkerin’ Down for Winter
Sutter’s Last Stand
Matters of Survival
Chapter 4: This Rough Justice
That Memorable Autumn
The Streets of San Francisco
Justice by Another Name
The Law of the Hills
Scoundrels, Scalawags, and Natural-Born Fools
Chapter 5: Unequal Opportunity
The Native Americans
The African Americans
The Latinos
The Chinese
America’s Gold
Chapter 6: Dreadful Sorry, Clementine
Wives, Mothers, and Marriageable Maidens
Prostitutes and Dance-Hall Girls
Scandalous Ladies
Double Jeopardy
Chapter 7: Home and Other Unfamiliar Places
Timeline
Chapter Notes
Further Reading
Internet Addresses
Index
Note to Our Readers
Copyright
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