A Gold Rush Tragedy - The George Hollingsworth Letters - Bok av Lee E Hollingsworth - Inbunden
"A Gold Rush Tragedy" - A never before published firsthand account of gold rush life.Going to California in the 1850's was as dangerous as standing bare-assed in a nest of rattlers! Many travelers turned back, many only stayed a short time and went home... and some died. Most were sore disappointed to the outcomes.When George Hollingsworth and his brother B.S. set out from Missouri in 1850, leaving his wife and four children behind, he promised his time away would be worth it...
