This is a robust, rough and tumble, first-hand account of the early California gold rush years 1851-1854 by a Scottish adventurer and artist J. D. Borthwick. The first edition, published in 1857 was called Three Years in California. Reprints have used the more descriptive title The Gold Hunters. (Summary by Sue Anderson)
01 - Ch. 1, Part 1, On to the Goldfields01 - Ch. 1, Part 2, On to the Goldfields03 - Ch. 2, Across the Isthmus04 - Ch. 3, Part 1, A City in the Making05 - Ch. 3, Part 2, A City in the Making06 - Ch. 4, Part 1, Life at High Speed07 - Ch. 4. Part 2, Life at High Speed08 - Ch. 5, Off for the Mines09 - Ch. 6, Looking for Gold10 - Ch. 7, Indians and Chinamen11 - Ch. 8, Miners' Law12 - Ch. 9, Gold Is Where You Find It13 - Ch. 10, Ursus Horribilis14 - Ch. 11, On The Trail15 - Ch. 12, Sitters For Portraits16 - Ch. 13, On the Way to Downieville17 - Ch. 14, The Reason for Lynch Law18 - Ch. 15, Growing Overnight19 - Ch. 16, A Band of Wanderers20 - Ch. 17, Chinese in the Early Days21 - Ch. 18, Down With the Flood22 - Ch. 19, A Bull and Bear Fight23 - Ch. 20, A Mountain of Gold24 - Ch. 21, In Lighter Mood25 - Ch. 22, Sonora and the Mexicans26 - Ch. 23, Bull Fighting27 - Ch. 24, A City Burned28 - Ch. 25, The Way We Celebrate29 - Ch. 26, Frenchmen in the Mines30 - Ch. 27, The Resourceful Americans
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