Linda Pendleton

Forty-niners: The California Gold Rush (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Forty-niners:

The discovery of gold in January, 1848 at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California, by James Marshall was the beginning of the California gold rush. It took some time for the news of the first discoveries to spread and then to be believed as credible. Gold had been found in small quantities several years before, and only the actual sight of the metal in considerable weight could excite men's imaginations and dreams of riches and adventure.

By 1849 the westward migration was in full swing. Men were coming from the East coast, from the Midwest, and even from foreign countries to find their fortune within the gold fields and mountain streams of Northern California.

In this fascinating chronicle of the California gold rush written in 1918, popular fiction and nonfiction American writer, Steward Edward White gives us an historical view of those early days of the mid-19th century, and the many challenges of the formation of a new frontier: incoming population, law and order issues, greed and power, political differences, successes and failures. White shows how quickly San Francisco grew from a population of a few hundred into a center for commerce, wealth and politics. He writes of the Spanish days of early California, the 1846 Mexican War, and follows the movement of the Mormon population on its trail westward, and the challenge to create a civilized and law-abiding society.

In Linda Pendleton's new Introduction we learn who Stewart Edward White was and the legacy he left of his many fiction and nonfiction books following his death in 1946. An explorer, conservationist, naturalist, and big game hunter, his love for nature, conservation, and adventure were to become very much a part of his literary works over his long literary career. Several of his nonfiction works are classics in the exploration of the paranormal and communication from the spirit world. He wrote with passion, whether about the adventures beyond the veil or about adventures in nature and the earthly frontier.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Distributed via Smashwords
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781466037328
• Artikelnr.: 45454792

Autorenporträt

Linda Pendleton has written in a variety of genres: nonfiction, mystery novels, nonfiction ecourses, comic book scripting, and screenplays. She coauthored nonfiction and fiction with her late husband, renowned author, Don Pendleton, including the popular nonfiction books, To Dance With Angels, and Whispers From the Soul. A few of her other nonfiction books are A Walk Through Grief; Three Principles of Angelic Wisdom; A Small Drop of Ink. Her fiction work includes her novels, The Unknown; Sound of Silence; Deadly Flare-Up; Roulette, The Search for the Sunrise Killer by Don and Linda Pendleton; her Catherine Winter Mystery series, Shattered Lens; Fractured Image; Shifting Focus; Corn Silk Days, Iowa, 1862; The Bold Trail, A Samuel Garrison Western. She has won awards for her ebooks.

Linda is a former member of The Authors Guild, and EPIC Authors. SAhe is currently a member of Sisters in Crime and Western Fictioneers. Four of her early ebooks won Epic Awards. Although most of her time is devoted to her love of writing, she also enjoys the exploration of her family's genealogical roots.

Linda's book covers are designed with Judy Bullard. They have worked together for nearly two decades. Check out Judy's book cover gallery at http://www.customebookcovers.com. Judy is listed as one of Smashwords suggested cover designers.