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- Golden Dreams and Leaden Realities
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Project Gutenberg
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Produced by JoAnn Greenwood, Bryan Ness, Diane Monico, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2015-05-24
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
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George Payson
1824–1893
Best known for a vivid firsthand account of Gold Rush California, this 19th-century writer captured the mix of hope, hardship, and disillusion that drew people west. His work has the feel of lived experience rather than legend.
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