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The Gold Hunters (Borthwick)

John David Borthwick (1824 - 1892)

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)

Genre(s): Memoirs

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	01 - Ch. 1, Part 1, On to the Goldfields	Sue Anderson	00:25:48
Play 02	01 - Ch. 1, Part 2, On to the Goldfields	Sue Anderson	00:21:57
Play 03	03 - Ch. 2, Across the Isthmus	Sue Anderson	00:31:58
Play 04	04 - Ch. 3, Part 1, A City in the Making	Sue Anderson	00:20:44
Play 05	05 - Ch. 3, Part 2, A City in the Making	Sue Anderson	00:20:34
Play 06	06 - Ch. 4, Part 1, Life at High Speed	Sue Anderson	00:27:48
Play 07	07 - Ch. 4. Part 2, Life at High Speed	Sue Anderson	00:26:35
Play 08	08 - Ch. 5, Off for the Mines	Sue Anderson	00:33:20
Play 09	09 - Ch. 6, Looking for Gold	Sue Anderson	00:28:03
Play 10	10 - Ch. 7, Indians and Chinamen	Sue Anderson	00:31:57
Play 11	11 - Ch. 8, Miners' Law	Sue Anderson	00:27:01
Play 12	12 - Ch. 9, Gold Is Where You Find It	Sue Anderson	00:25:28
Play 13	13 - Ch. 10, Ursus Horribilis	Sue Anderson	00:23:34
Play 14	14 - Ch. 11, On The Trail	Sue Anderson	00:19:21
Play 15	15 - Ch. 12, Sitters For Portraits	Sue Anderson	00:25:29
Play 16	16 - Ch. 13, On the Way to Downieville	Sue Anderson	00:15:09
Play 17	17 - Ch. 14, The Reason for Lynch Law	Sue Anderson	00:23:18
Play 18	18 - Ch. 15, Growing Overnight	Sue Anderson	00:26:43
Play 19	19 - Ch. 16, A Band of Wanderers	Sue Anderson	00:20:59
Play 20	20 - Ch. 17, Chinese in the Early Days	Sue Anderson	00:18:46
Play 21	21 - Ch. 18, Down With the Flood	Sue Anderson	00:18:26
Play 22	22 - Ch. 19, A Bull and Bear Fight	Sue Anderson	00:30:13
Play 23	23 - Ch. 20, A Mountain of Gold	Sue Anderson	00:21:45
Play 24	24 - Ch. 21, In Lighter Mood	Sue Anderson	00:17:09
Play 25	25 - Ch. 22, Sonora and the Mexicans	Sue Anderson	00:19:39
Play 26	26 - Ch. 23, Bull Fighting	Sue Anderson	00:17:48
Play 27	27 - Ch. 24, A City Burned	Sue Anderson	00:15:31
Play 28	28 - Ch. 25, The Way We Celebrate	Sue Anderson	00:16:50
Play 29	29 - Ch. 26, Frenchmen in the Mines	Sue Anderson	00:22:33
Play 30	30 - Ch. 27, The Resourceful Americans	Sue Anderson	00:16:53

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