gold rush

Forty-two-year old Alonzo Delano joined the California Gold Rush to California hoping to cure a lung ailment and strike it rich. He was a highly observant and intelligent man and frequently wrote to his family in Illinois about his western life. Eventually these letters became a book, Life on the Plains and Among the Diggings. His satirical style of writing influenced such writers as Mark Twain. He lived in Grass Valley California, until his death in 1874.

When word leaks out that gold has been found on property owned by John Sutter in 1847, it changes his life and the course of American history forever.

Non-fiction subjects encourage curiostiy in History: Ancient Rome, Viking Explorers, The Renaissance, Gold Rush, World War II, Space Age.

Four young men retrace the passage of oldtime prospectors who flocked to the gold-ric.

Traces the true story of prospectors Stanley Pearce and Marshall Bond, who joined thousands of men along the dangerous Chilkoot and White Passes to seek their fortunes in the gold fields of Canada.