Gold Fever: The Path to Civil War / California 1853-1860 - Softcover

Salter, Ken

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1587903598 ISBN 13: 9781587903595

Verlag: Regent Press, 2016

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GOLD FEVER Part Three The Path To Civil War is the third volume of a three-part trilogy. While part of an on-going series, the books stand alone and can be satisfactorily read individually. In GOLD FEVER Part Three the Committee of Vigilance of 1851 has disbanded and violent crime is on the rise again in San Francisco. By 1854 the city averages nearly two murders a day with only a handful of convictions; armed criminals, cutthroats and the low life rule the streets at night. Efforts to outlaw gambling and prostitution have failed despite laws to prohibit these practices and public clamor to enforce them. By 1855, San Francisco has 537 saloons, one for ever fifteen men, women and children. Placer gold deposits are nearly exhausted, yet gold seekers continue to arrive in droves. Competition for the meager gold remaining along the rivers fuels intolerance and animosity against foreigners, especially Mexicans, South Americans and the Chinese; even French and Italian miners are threatened. The San Francisco economy tumbles into recession which foments growing economic and political tensions. Southerners seeking to carve out a slave-holding state in Southern California gain control of California s government and highest courts. California appears headed, like the nation, to a civil war over slavery. Will Manon s restaurant be a target of the pro-slavery factions because she rescues and employs two former Chinese sex slaves? Will the economic downturn doom the restaurant and Pierre s entrepreneurial enterprises? Can one raise a family and survive in this corrupt, lawless, and ruthless town as hotheads incite violence and chaos and push the city to the brink of civil war?

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Ken Salter is a professor emeritus in Communication Studies at San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, where he taught critical thinking and persuasive writing courses and directed pre-legal studies. He is also an international attorney specialized in international real estate and mining. He directed a placer gold mining company for 15 years based in Mexico and Chile. He is author of several books about famous legal trials, including The Trial of Dan White, who killed San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone. He and his French wife live in Berkeley, CA and in the Auvergne, France.

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Praise For GOLD FEVER Part One & Two GOLD FEVER is a deftly written historical novel ... in which the author, Ken Salter, pays close attention to getting the background details right. The result is a riveting, entertaining novel from first page to last. Very highly recommended reading. The Midwest Book Review ... a well-researched novel about the California Gold Rush. The author blends into his narrative the gold mining challenges faced by the men who searched for the precious mineral. ... If you are interested in understanding the history of the California Gold Rush ... you [will] enjoy this book. Historical Novel Society GOLD FEVER depicts in vivid detail the plight of new immigrants, women and scoundrels in the Gold Rush. Annick Foucrier Professor of North American History at the University of Paris, the Sorbonne, and Director of the Center for North American Research Once again author Ken Salter demonstrates a complete mastery of his storytelling skills at writing an historical work of fiction that is solidly enhanced with meticulous attention to background details. The result is pure entertainment from first page to last. Very highly recommended reading. ­ Jack Mason reviewing GOLD FEVER Part Two in The Midwest Book Review.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Regent Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1587903598
• ISBN 13: 9781587903595
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 394
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