01322cam a2200313 4500 603269622 TxAuBib 20110619120000.0 740808s1974||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 73088997 DLC DLC ICrlF IMchF-DB TxAuBib The forty-niners / by the editors of Time-Life Books ; with text by William Weber Johnson. New York : Time-Life Books, 1974. 240 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Old West (Alexandria, Va.) Old West, The Includes index. Bibliography: p. 236-237. Gold, gold, gold in California -- Sailing for El Dorado -- The rough realities of grubbing for gold -- The sprouting shantytowns -- Boomtown on the Bay -- Wondrous end of a wild quest. An account of the California gold rush of 1849 and the people who participated, lavishly illustrated with contemporary photographs and paintings. 20020302. California History 1846-1850. California Gold discoveries. California History. Johnson, William Weber, 1909. Time-Life Books. Old West (Alexandria, Va.) The Old West.