Reader recommendation: The Age of Gold

Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.

The Age of Gold by H.W. Brands – the story of the California Gold Rush – paints a masterful picture of humanity from around the world as it comes in search of a sudden fortune unlike anything experienced before. Even more, the book tells of other events that the Gold Rush spawned: California statehood and the transcontinental railroad, to name two. It's a tale of the best and the worst, of fortunes made – and fortunes lost.

You've read  of  free articles. Subscribe to continue.
QR Code to Reader recommendation: The Age of Gold
Read this article in
https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Readers-picks/2011/0128/Reader-recommendation-The-Age-of-Gold
QR Code to Subscription page
Start your subscription today
https://www.csmonitor.com/subscribe