9780806124735-0806124733-They Saw the Elephant: Women in the California Gold Rush

They Saw the Elephant: Women in the California Gold Rush

ISBN-13: 9780806124735
ISBN-10: 0806124733
Author: JoAnn Levy
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Format: Paperback 288 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780806124735
ISBN-10: 0806124733
Author: JoAnn Levy
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Format: Paperback 288 pages

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They Saw the Elephant: Women in the California Gold Rush (ISBN-13: 9780806124735 and ISBN-10: 0806124733), written by authors JoAnn Levy, was published by University of Oklahoma Press in 2014. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other Women (Specific Groups, United States, Historical, State & Local, United States History, Women in History, World History, Cultural & Regional) books. You can easily purchase or rent They Saw the Elephant: Women in the California Gold Rush (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Women books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.39.

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"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 pages of western migrant history."-Choice

"One of the best and most comprehensive accounts of gold rush life to date"ˆ–San Francisco Chronicle

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