| Author/Contributor(s): | Levy, Joann |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press |
| Date: | 08/14/2018 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
"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"^-San Francisco Chronicle