Gold Hunters (Borthwick)

by John David Borthwick

30 chapters11h 31mEnglish1857

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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)

Chapters (30)

101 - Ch. 1, Part 1, On to the Goldfields

1548

201 - Ch. 1, Part 2, On to the Goldfields

1317

303 - Ch. 2, Across the Isthmus

1918

404 - Ch. 3, Part 1, A City in the Making

1244

505 - Ch. 3, Part 2, A City in the Making

1234

606 - Ch. 4, Part 1, Life at High Speed

1668

707 - Ch. 4. Part 2, Life at High Speed

1595

808 - Ch. 5, Off for the Mines

2000

909 - Ch. 6, Looking for Gold

1683

1010 - Ch. 7, Indians and Chinamen

1917

1111 - Ch. 8, Miners' Law

1621

1212 - Ch. 9, Gold Is Where You Find It

1528

1313 - Ch. 10, Ursus Horribilis

1414

1414 - Ch. 11, On The Trail

1161

1515 - Ch. 12, Sitters For Portraits

1529

1616 - Ch. 13, On the Way to Downieville

909

1717 - Ch. 14, The Reason for Lynch Law

1398

1818 - Ch. 15, Growing Overnight

1603

1919 - Ch. 16, A Band of Wanderers

1259

2020 - Ch. 17, Chinese in the Early Days

1126

2121 - Ch. 18, Down With the Flood

1106

2222 - Ch. 19, A Bull and Bear Fight

1813

2323 - Ch. 20, A Mountain of Gold

1305

2424 - Ch. 21, In Lighter Mood

1029

2525 - Ch. 22, Sonora and the Mexicans

1179

2626 - Ch. 23, Bull Fighting

1068

2727 - Ch. 24, A City Burned

931

2828 - Ch. 25, The Way We Celebrate

1010

2929 - Ch. 26, Frenchmen in the Mines

1353

3030 - Ch. 27, The Resourceful Americans

1013

Gold Hunters (Borthwick)

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