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Gold Hunters (Borthwick)

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Gold Hunters (Borthwick)

John David Borthwick

This is a robust, rough and tumble, first-hand account of the early California gold rush years 1851-1854 by a Scottish adventurer and artist J. D. Borthwick. The first edition, published in 1857 was called Three Years in California. Reprints have used the more descriptive title The Gold Hunters. (Summary by Sue Anderson)

Year of Publication: 1857Genres: Memoirs
Running Time: 11 hours 31 minutes 19 seconds
#Chapter Name
1
The Nights
01 - Ch. 1, Part 1, On to the Goldfields
Sue Anderson
25:48
2
The Nights
01 - Ch. 1, Part 2, On to the Goldfields
Sue Anderson
21:57
3
The Nights
03 - Ch. 2, Across the Isthmus
Sue Anderson
31:58
4
The Nights
04 - Ch. 3, Part 1, A City in the Making
Sue Anderson
20:44
5
The Nights
05 - Ch. 3, Part 2, A City in the Making
Sue Anderson
20:34
6
The Nights
06 - Ch. 4, Part 1, Life at High Speed
Sue Anderson
27:48
7
The Nights
07 - Ch. 4. Part 2, Life at High Speed
Sue Anderson
26:35
8
The Nights
08 - Ch. 5, Off for the Mines
Sue Anderson
33:20
9
The Nights
09 - Ch. 6, Looking for Gold
Sue Anderson
28:03
10
The Nights
10 - Ch. 7, Indians and Chinamen
Sue Anderson
31:57
11
The Nights
11 - Ch. 8, Miners' Law
Sue Anderson
27:01
12
The Nights
12 - Ch. 9, Gold Is Where You Find It
Sue Anderson
25:28
13
The Nights
13 - Ch. 10, Ursus Horribilis
Sue Anderson
23:34
14
The Nights
14 - Ch. 11, On The Trail
Sue Anderson
19:21
15
The Nights
15 - Ch. 12, Sitters For Portraits
Sue Anderson
25:29
16
The Nights
16 - Ch. 13, On the Way to Downieville
Sue Anderson
15:09
17
The Nights
17 - Ch. 14, The Reason for Lynch Law
Sue Anderson
23:18
18
The Nights
18 - Ch. 15, Growing Overnight
Sue Anderson
26:43
19
The Nights
19 - Ch. 16, A Band of Wanderers
Sue Anderson
20:59
20
The Nights
20 - Ch. 17, Chinese in the Early Days
Sue Anderson
18:46
21
The Nights
21 - Ch. 18, Down With the Flood
Sue Anderson
18:26
22
The Nights
22 - Ch. 19, A Bull and Bear Fight
Sue Anderson
30:13
23
The Nights
23 - Ch. 20, A Mountain of Gold
Sue Anderson
21:45
24
The Nights
24 - Ch. 21, In Lighter Mood
Sue Anderson
17:09
25
The Nights
25 - Ch. 22, Sonora and the Mexicans
Sue Anderson
19:39
26
The Nights
26 - Ch. 23, Bull Fighting
Sue Anderson
17:48
27
The Nights
27 - Ch. 24, A City Burned
Sue Anderson
15:31
28
The Nights
28 - Ch. 25, The Way We Celebrate
Sue Anderson
16:50
29
The Nights
29 - Ch. 26, Frenchmen in the Mines
Sue Anderson
22:33
30
The Nights
30 - Ch. 27, The Resourceful Americans
Sue Anderson
16:53

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