They Saw the Elephant
Women in the California Gold Rush
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Gay Studies, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | JoAnn Levy | ISBN: | 9780806189956 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press | Publication: | July 10, 2013 |
| Imprint: | University of Oklahoma Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | JoAnn Levy |
| ISBN: | 9780806189956 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press |
| Publication: | July 10, 2013 |
| Imprint: | University of Oklahoma Press |
| Language: | English |
"The phrase ’seeing the elephant’ symbolized for ’49 gold rushers the exotic, the mythical, the once-in-a-lifetime adventure, unequaled anywhere else but in the journey to the promised land of fortune: California. Most western myths . . . generally depict an exclusively male gold rush. Levy’s book debunks that myth. Here a variety of women travel, work, and write their way across the pages of western migrant history."-Choice
"One of the best and most comprehensive accounts of gold rush life to date"ˆ*–San Francisco Chronicle*
"The phrase ’seeing the elephant’ symbolized for ’49 gold rushers the exotic, the mythical, the once-in-a-lifetime adventure, unequaled anywhere else but in the journey to the promised land of fortune: California. Most western myths . . . generally depict an exclusively male gold rush. Levy’s book debunks that myth. Here a variety of women travel, work, and write their way across the pages of western migrant history."-Choice
"One of the best and most comprehensive accounts of gold rush life to date"ˆ*–San Francisco Chronicle*
