They Saw the Elephant

Women in the California Gold Rush

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Gay Studies, Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book They Saw the Elephant by JoAnn Levy, University of Oklahoma Press
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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*

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"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*

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