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The Georgia Gold Rush : Twenty-Niners, Cherokees, and Gold Fever / David Williams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, David, 1959- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cherokee Indians--History--19th century.
- Cherokee Indians.
- Gold mines and mining--Georgia--History--19th century.
- Gold mines and mining.
- Georgia--Gold discoveries.
- Georgia.
- Georgia--History--1775-1865.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (212 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [1993]
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- The definitive story of Georgia's role in the first U.S. gold rush.
- Contents:
- Cover
- The Georgia Gold Rush
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter One "No Talke, No Hope, Nor Worke, But Dig Gold": The Origins of Southern Gold Fever
- Chapter Two "Acting Like Crazy Men": Gold Fever and the Great Intrusion
- Chapter Three "Get a Little Further": The Cherokee Nation Abandoned
- Chapter Four "Civilized Life" Comes to the Gold Region
- Chapter Five "It's Just Like Gambling-All Luck": Mining in the Gold Rush Days
- Chapter Six "Gambling Houses, Dancing Houses, &
- Drinking Saloons": Life in the Georgia Gold Region
- Chapter Seven "Prosper the Americans and Cherokees": The Climactic Year of 1838
- Epilogue: "Gold Fever ... Ain't No Cure For It
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781643364353
- 1643364359
- 9780585333472
- 0585333475
- OCLC:
- 1370122376
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