voyages to the pacific coast

Describes the frenzied rush to California following the discovery of gold at Sutter's Fort in 1848.

A fictional account of the mid-19th-century voyage, led by Asa Mercer, of several hundred young women going from the east coast to help populate Seattle.

As the Civil War ends, Cheney finds it's a difficult path to practice medicine as a woman.

Describes the emigration of people from the East Coast of the United States and from foreign countries to California to pursue the dream of discovering gold.

Examines the thrills and disappointments of the nineteenth-century rush for gold in California, during which people abandoned their jobs and homes and headed west in hopes of becoming rich.

An account of the California Gold Rush, discussing the people and events involved and the effect of that gold discovery upon the future of California and the nation.

An account of the California Gold Rush that started in 1848 with the discovery of gold in Sutter's mill and of the people who took part in it.