A Golden State: Mining and Economic Development in Gold Rush California (California History Sesquicentennial Series, 2)

Rating:
Summary: The best short essay work I have seen on this subject
Review: In line with much of the new non-fiction surveys and studies, the book, in short essays gives the picture on much information that I have not seen before on the Gold Rush and the aftermath. In particular it gives a reader a chance to compare the Internet investment frenzy with the Gold Mine stocks frenzy in the 1860s & 70s.

The information is concise and beautifully and fascinatingly written.