They Saw the Elephant: Women in the California Gold Rush
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Book Description
"The phrase 'seeing the elephant' symbolized for '49 gold rushers the exotic, the mythical, the once-in-a-lifetime adventure, unequaled anywhere else but in the journey to the promised land of fortune: California. Most western myths . . . generally depict an exclusively male gold rush. Levy's book debunks that myth. Here a variety of women travel, work, and write their way across the pag... More
Book Information
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Binding | Paperback (7 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 265 |
ISBN-10 | 0806124733 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0806124735 |
Publication Date | 09/15/1992 |
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