History
The Oregon Trail
Sale Price: $14.18*
Retail: $21.95 (35% off!)
(Overstock Books)
Drawing on period diaries, company and expedition reports, and newspaper accounts, an in-depth history of the Oregon Trail follows the route used by fur traders, missionaries, mountain men, voyageurs, farmers, gold hunters, journalists, entrepreneur Copyr
Merchant: Overstock Books
Roadside History of California
Sale Price: $14.82*
Retail: $20 (26% off!)
(Overstock Books)
Author Ruth Pittman writes with graceful ease and contagious enthusiasm about the missions, the gold rush, the rich cultural diversity, and political issues as old as California. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
Merchant: Overstock Books
The Gold Rush
Sale Price: $7.16*
Retail: $7.95 (10% off!)
(Overstock Books)
In search of large fortunes, thousands of hopeful prospectors crowded the Klondike region and California. The Gold Rush investigates one of the most thrilling and desperate times in North American history. Learn about the prospector`s tools, gold rus...
Merchant: Overstock Books
Gold!
Sale Price: $23.40*
Retail: $26 (10% off!)
(Overstock Books)
A lively history of the 1848 California Gold Rush reveals how the hysteria over gold on the West Coast and the subsequent exodus of fortune seekers helped cement the get-rich-quick psychology within American culture. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005.
Merchant: Overstock Books
The California Gold Rush
Sale Price: $18.95*
Retail: $19.95 (5% off!)
(Overstock Books)
Describes the discovery of gold in California, the rush to California to look for gold, establishment of mining towns, the outbreak of criminal activity, and other aspects of this volatile period in California history. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005.
Merchant: Overstock Books
Prague in Black and Gold
Sale Price: $10.34*
Retail: $16 (35% off!)
(Overstock Books)
Peter Demetz, who left Prague in 1949 and now teaches at Yale, provides an account of the city's history, culture, multi-ethnicity, politics, and literature. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
Merchant: Overstock Books