They Saw the Elephant: Women in the California Gold Rush

They Saw the Elephant: Women in the California Gold Rush

"The phrase â€™seeing the elephantâ€™ symbolized for â€™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. Levyâ€™s book debunks that myth. Here a variety of women travel, work, and write their way across the pages of western migrant history."-Choice

"One of the best and most comprehensive accounts of gold rush life to date"Ë†â€“San Francisco Chronicle
Country USA
Manufacturer University of Oklahoma Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-07-10

Country	USA
Manufacturer	University of Oklahoma Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-07-10

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