In 1849, news from California produced a strange alchemy in the region around Dubuque. Men used to the daily grind of the local lead mines felt a sudden fever for gold half a continent away. It was like a call to war, pulling the young men of the Midwest away to far-distant climes for an adventure and nightmare they would struggle to explain to those who remained on the home front. After meticulously combing through the correspondence between the Dubuque Forty-Niners and a home radically altered by their departure, Robert F. Klein examines one of the most fascinating periods of the American st... Read More
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In 1849, news from California produced a strange alchemy in the region around Dubuque. Men used to the daily grind of the local lead mines felt a sudden fever for gold half a continent away. It was like a call to war, pulling the young men of the Midwest away to far-distant climes for an adventure and nightmare they would struggle to explain to those who remained on the home front. After meticulously combing through the correspondence between the Dubuque Forty-Niners and a home radically altered by their departure, Robert F. Klein examines one of the most fascinating periods of the American st... Read More
In 1849, news from California produced a strange alchemy in the region around Dubuque. Men used to the daily grind of the local lead mines felt a sudden fever for gold half a continent away. It was like a call to war, pulling the young men of the Midwest away to far-distant climes for an adventure and nightmare they would struggle to explain to those who remained on the home front. After meticulously combing through the correspondence between the Dubuque Forty-Niners and a home radically altered by their departure, Robert F. Klein examines one of the most fascinating periods of the American story from a fresh perspective.
Details
Pages: 160
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: The History Press
Publication Date: 1st October 2011
State: Iowa
Illustration Note: 100% Mono
ISBN: 9781609494919
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) HISTORY / United States / General
Author Bio
Robert Klein is a lifelong resident of Dubuque who was educated in the local schools and graduated with a BA degree from Loras College. After tours in the U.S. Army, he received the MSLS degree from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He then became assistant librarian at Loras College from 1964 to 1969 and library director from 1969 to 2004. He served for ten years on the Board of Directors and is a past president of the Dubuque County Historical Society. He is one of the co-founders of the Center for Dubuque History at Loras College. He is the editor of two previous publications: Chandler Childs's Dubuque: Frontier River City (1984) and Foundations: The Letters of Mathias Loras, Bishop of Dubuque (2004).
In 1849, news from California produced a strange alchemy in the region around Dubuque. Men used to the daily grind of the local lead mines felt a sudden fever for gold half a continent away. It was like a call to war, pulling the young men of the Midwest away to far-distant climes for an adventure and nightmare they would struggle to explain to those who remained on the home front. After meticulously combing through the correspondence between the Dubuque Forty-Niners and a home radically altered by their departure, Robert F. Klein examines one of the most fascinating periods of the American story from a fresh perspective.
Pages: 160
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: The History Press
Publication Date: 1st October 2011
State: Iowa
Illustrations Note: 100% Mono
ISBN: 9781609494919
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) HISTORY / United States / General
Robert Klein is a lifelong resident of Dubuque who was educated in the local schools and graduated with a BA degree from Loras College. After tours in the U.S. Army, he received the MSLS degree from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He then became assistant librarian at Loras College from 1964 to 1969 and library director from 1969 to 2004. He served for ten years on the Board of Directors and is a past president of the Dubuque County Historical Society. He is one of the co-founders of the Center for Dubuque History at Loras College. He is the editor of two previous publications: Chandler Childs's Dubuque: Frontier River City (1984) and Foundations: The Letters of Mathias Loras, Bishop of Dubuque (2004).
