Reviews
"An absorbing cultural, sociological, and historical chronicle of a pivotal epoch that both reaffirmed and redefined the American way of life."- Booklist ., "An absorbing cultural, sociological, and historical chronicle of a pivotal epoch that both reaffirmed and redefined the American way of life."- Booklist, "Marks effectively blends diaries and letters into a masterful narrative. . . . [She] is to be credited for including the voices of women and people of color."-Library Journal. , "In a remarkable way the story of the gold rush era adds up to a uniquely American experience. It is an incredible tale of peril, misfortune, luck, determination, back-breaking labor, personal bravery, high adventure, and the amassing of fortunes in 'precious dust' for a relative few."-New York Times Book Review, "An absorbing cultural, sociological, and historical chronicle of a pivotal epoch that both reaffirmed and redefined the American way of life."-Booklist., "Marks is a gifted writer and an industrious researcher with an eye for telling detail. . . . The result is far and away our best social history of the gold rush experience as well as, in its very strangeness, an American portrait." - Washington Post, ""Marks is a gifted writer and an industrious researcher with an eye for telling detail. . . . The result is far and away our best social history of the gold rush experience as well as, in its very strangeness, an American portrait."" -- Washington Post ""In a remarkable way the story of the gold rush era adds up to a uniquely American experience. It is an incredible tale of peril, misfortune, luck, determination, back-breaking labor, personal bravery, high adventure, and the amassing of fortunes in 'precious dust' for a relative few.""-- New York Times Book Review ""Marks's engrossing saga describes this grand late nineteenth-century treasure hunt as one of our history's epic dramas, capturing the essence of America's headlong rush toward a modern, industrial society.""-- San Francisco Chronicle ""Marks effectively blends diaries and letters into a masterful narrative. . . . [She] is to be credited for including the voices of women and people of color.""-- Library Journal ""An absorbing cultural, sociological, and historical chronicle of a pivotal epoch that both reaffirmed and redefined the American way of life.""-- Booklist, "Marks is a gifted writer and an industrious researcher with an eye for telling detail. . . . The result is far and away our best social history of the gold rush experience as well as, in its very strangeness, an American portrait." -Washington Post, "In a remarkable way the story of the gold rush era adds up to a uniquely American experience. It is an incredible tale of peril, misfortune, luck, determination, back-breaking labor, personal bravery, high adventure, and the amassing of fortunes in 'precious dust' for a relative few."- New York Times Book Review ., "Marks's engrossing saga describes this grand late nineteenth-century treasure hunt as one of our history's epic dramas, capturing the essence of America's headlong rush toward a modern, industrial society."- San Francisco Chronicle, "Marks is a gifted writer and an industrious researcher with an eye for telling detail. . . . The result is far and away our best social history of the gold rush experience as well as, in its very strangeness, an American portrait." - Washington Post ., "Marks is a gifted writer and an industrious researcher with an eye for telling detail. . . . The result is far and away our best social history of the gold rush experience as well as, in its very strangeness, an American portrait." -Washington Post., "Marks effectively blends diaries and letters into a masterful narrative. . . . [She] is to be credited for including the voices of women and people of color."- Library Journal . , "In a remarkable way the story of the gold rush era adds up to a uniquely American experience. It is an incredible tale of peril, misfortune, luck, determination, back-breaking labor, personal bravery, high adventure, and the amassing of fortunes in 'precious dust' for a relative few."- New York Times Book Review, "Marks's engrossing saga describes this grand late nineteenth-century treasure hunt as one of our history's epic dramas, capturing the essence of America's headlong rush toward a modern, industrial society."- San Francisco Chronicle ., "Marks's engrossing saga describes this grand late nineteenth-century treasure hunt as one of our history's epic dramas, capturing the essence of America's headlong rush toward a modern, industrial society."-San Francisco Chronicle., "Marks effectively blends diaries and letters into a masterful narrative. . . . [She] is to be credited for including the voices of women and people of color."-Library Journal, "An absorbing cultural, sociological, and historical chronicle of a pivotal epoch that both reaffirmed and redefined the American way of life."-Booklist, "Marks effectively blends diaries and letters into a masterful narrative. . . . [She] is to be credited for including the voices of women and people of color."- Library Journal, "Marks effectively blends diaries and letters into a masterful narrative. . . . [She is to be credited for including the voices of women and people of color."- Library Journal, "In a remarkable way the story of the gold rush era adds up to a uniquely American experience. It is an incredible tale of peril, misfortune, luck, determination, back-breaking labor, personal bravery, high adventure, and the amassing of fortunes in 'precious dust' for a relative few."-New York Times Book Review., "Marks's engrossing saga describes this grand late nineteenth-century treasure hunt as one of our history's epic dramas, capturing the essence of America's headlong rush toward a modern, industrial society."-San Francisco Chronicle
