Volunteer Forty-Niners: Tennesseans and the California Gold Rush | 
 enlarge | Author: Walter T. Durham
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 2472513
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.2
ISBN: 0826512984
Dewey Decimal Number: 979.405
EAN: 9780826512987
Publication Date: November 15, 1997
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Product Description
In Volunteer Forty-Niners, Walter T. Durham provides the first comprehensive examination of the role Tennessee and Tennesseans played in creating a new state and a new society on the West Coast. Drawing from such archival sources as personal narratives in letters and diaries, public records, and newspaper reports, Durham has woven a wealth of information into his recounting of their adventures.
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An overview of every Tennessean who ever came to California. April 3, 1998
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book covers in capsulated form the methods Tennesseans used to get to the California Gold Rush, naming names and parties as well as routes, but not the entire diaries. It would be very helpful for anyone doing genealogy whose ancestors came from Tennessee to California. Of particular interest to me was how many of them went into politics including Peter Burnett, the First American Governor, plus Wm. Gwin, the first 6 year Senator and many others. It is meticulously researched.
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