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The Gold Hunters (Borthwick)

The Gold Hunters (Borthwick)

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Number of Chapters: 30

Length: 11 hours and 31 minutes

Language: English

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)

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01 - Ch. 1, Part 1, On to the Goldfields (Sue Anderson)
01 - Ch. 1, Part 2, On to the Goldfields (Sue Anderson)
03 - Ch. 2, Across the Isthmus (Sue Anderson)
04 - Ch. 3, Part 1, A City in the Making (Sue Anderson)
05 - Ch. 3, Part 2, A City in the Making (Sue Anderson)
06 - Ch. 4, Part 1, Life at High Speed (Sue Anderson)
07 - Ch. 4. Part 2, Life at High Speed (Sue Anderson)
08 - Ch. 5, Off for the Mines (Sue Anderson)
09 - Ch. 6, Looking for Gold (Sue Anderson)
10 - Ch. 7, Indians and Chinamen (Sue Anderson)
11 - Ch. 8, Miners' Law (Sue Anderson)
12 - Ch. 9, Gold Is Where You Find It (Sue Anderson)
13 - Ch. 10, Ursus Horribilis (Sue Anderson)
14 - Ch. 11, On The Trail (Sue Anderson)
15 - Ch. 12, Sitters For Portraits (Sue Anderson)
16 - Ch. 13, On the Way to Downieville (Sue Anderson)
17 - Ch. 14, The Reason for Lynch Law (Sue Anderson)
18 - Ch. 15, Growing Overnight (Sue Anderson)
19 - Ch. 16, A Band of Wanderers (Sue Anderson)
20 - Ch. 17, Chinese in the Early Days (Sue Anderson)
21 - Ch. 18, Down With the Flood (Sue Anderson)
22 - Ch. 19, A Bull and Bear Fight (Sue Anderson)
23 - Ch. 20, A Mountain of Gold (Sue Anderson)
24 - Ch. 21, In Lighter Mood (Sue Anderson)
25 - Ch. 22, Sonora and the Mexicans (Sue Anderson)
26 - Ch. 23, Bull Fighting (Sue Anderson)
27 - Ch. 24, A City Burned (Sue Anderson)
28 - Ch. 25, The Way We Celebrate (Sue Anderson)
29 - Ch. 26, Frenchmen in the Mines (Sue Anderson)
30 - Ch. 27, The Resourceful Americans (Sue Anderson)
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