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Re: "The Gold Rush," by Ken Bressett
i have found that these books constantly regurgitate the same information over and over. the last good one i read was a time life book series that had a two books on the gold time frame. here is a link to one of the sets that contains the gold rush book. link to time life series. the other book was part of another set and… -
"The Gold Rush," by Ken Bressett
The new book Milestone Coins, by Kenneth Bressett, takes you from ancient Greece to medieval Europe, to colonial Latin America and the Wild West of the 1800s. Read an excerpt as author Ken tells the tale of the $50 slug and The Gold Rush.... -
Re: "The Gold Rush," by Ken Bressett
looks like an interesting read, but the first sentence of that excerpt bothers me: "Gold was discovered in California in 1848." It's that year that gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill, but not the year gold was discovered in general. Don't mean to be picky, but it's just kinda bothersome. -
Re: "The Gold Rush," by Ken Bressett
I don't see much difference in whether we say "gold was discovered in California in 1848" or "gold was discovered at Sutter's Mills in 1848." Actually I prefer the former. The gold was not restricted to Sutter's Mill only. I can see how one could easily (and hopefulyy temporarily) misread the meaning in either case. -
Re: "The Gold Rush," by Ken Bressett
I've been eyeing this book, too.
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