Volunteer Forty-niners : Tennesseans and the California gold rush / Walter T. Durham.

Author/creator Durham, Walter T.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 1997.
Descriptionxvi, 324 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents California gold! -- By land and sea in '49 -- Going for the gold -- Trailing southern routes -- Via Fort Smith and Santa Fe -- The California Trail in '49 -- Slow passage -- The thing must have its run -- The birth of a state -- Political gold -- Not for the faint of heart -- Beyond the mines -- Statesmen and filibusters -- Gold and the gospel -- Home again.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 295-306) and index.
LCCN 97021090
ISBN0826512984 (alk. paper)