Description: These CDs will play in any CD player at home or in your car. The Gold Hunters John David Borthwick (1824 - 1892) Read by Sue Anderson Run Time 11 Hours 31 Minutes in 10 Audio CDs 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. Chapters:Ch. 1, Part 1, On to the Goldfields Ch. 1, Part 2, On to the Goldfields Ch. 2, Across the Isthmus Ch. 3, Part 1, A City in the Making Ch.3, Part 2, A City in the Making Ch. 4, Part 1, Life at High Speed Ch. 4, Part 2, Life at High Speed Ch. V, Off for the Mines Ch. 6, Looking for Gold Ch. 7, Indians and Chinamen Ch. 8, Miners' Law Ch. 9, Gold Is Where You Find It - 25:28 Ch. 10, Ursus Horribilis Ch. 11, On the Trail Ch. 12, Sitters for Portraits Ch. 13, On the Way to Downieville Ch. 14, The Reason for Lynch Law Ch. 15, Growing Over Night Ch. 16, A Band of Wanderers Ch. 17, Chinese in the Early Days Ch. 18, Down With the Flood Ch. 19, A Bull and Bear Fight Ch. 20, A Mountain of Gold Ch. 21, In Lighter Mood Ch. 22, Sonora and the Mexicans Ch. 23, Bull Fighting Ch. 24, A City Burned Ch. 25, The Day We Celebrate Ch. 26, Frenchmen in the Mines Ch. 27, The Resourceful Americans Our Audiobooks are Complete and Unabridged (unless otherwise indicated)Our Audiobooks are always read by real people, never by computers.Please Note: These recorded readings are from the author's original works which are in the public domain. All recordings and artwork are in the public domain and there are no infringements or copyrights. Each track starts with "This is a LibriVox recording...."Although Librivox has graciously made these recordings available to the public domain, they are not associated with the sale of this product. Public domain books A public-domain book is a book with no copyright, a book that was created without a license, or a book where its copyrights expired or have been forfeited. In most countries the of copyright expires on the first day of January, 70 years after the death of the latest living author. The longest copyright term is in Mexico, which has life plus 100 years for all deaths since July 1928. A notable exception is the United States, where every book and tale published before 1926 is in the public domain; American copyrights last for 95 years for books originally published between 1925 and 1978 if the copyright was properly registered and maintained.
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Features: Unabridged
Format: Audio CD
Topic: California gold rush years 1851-1854
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Case Type: Paper Sleeve, No Case Included
Language: English
Book Title: The Gold Hunters
Author: John David Borthwick
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Genre: Western
Type: Audiobook