The Diary of a Forty-Niner

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Summary: primary yet not dry history
Review: A great read for anyone interested in the social environment of the 49er. Turns popular misconceptions upside down about the barbarity of these Gold Rushers--they actually were quite civilized.

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Summary: AN ILLUMINATING ACCOUNT
Review: A VERY INTERESTING FIRST PERSON ACCOUNT--STRESS FIRST PERSON. NOT A DERIVATITVE BOOK OF THOSE TIMES AS ARE SO MANY OTHERS. BOTTOM LINE, IT COULD VERY WELL BE THE BEST LOOK AT WHAT IT WAS REALLY LIKE IN THE GOLD FIELDS AROUND, NEVADA CITY---GRASS VALLEY, CALIF, IN 1850 THAT YOU COULD FIND.

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Summary: Excellent
Review: An antidote for all the revisionist history that's come out in the last 20 years. An actual account of a man's day to day life in the 1850's written as it happened. It gives you a good idea of what people were like back then.

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Summary: Excellent
Review: An antidote for all the revisionist history that's come out in the last 20 years. An actual account of a man's day to day life in the 1850's written as it happened. It gives you a good idea of what people were like back then.

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Summary: A sleeper--gold fever and personal growth
Review: Gold fever! This diary portrays one man's passage through the turbulent gold rush. From small farmer just wanting to return home with enough money to marry his sweetheart to a man aware of all the world has to offer. A journey of personal growth. Wonderful.

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Summary: What it was really like
Review: If you have ever wondered what it might be like to have lived "back then" then this is the book for you. A first hand look at the day to day life of a 49er as he lived it. Not a dry history book but filled with personality and adventure. I have read many diarys and books of the old west and this is one of the best.

Rating:
Summary: What it was really like
Review: If you have ever wondered what it might be like to have lived "back then" then this is the book for you. A first hand look at the day to day life of a 49er as he lived it. Not a dry history book but filled with personality and adventure. I have read many diarys and books of the old west and this is one of the best.