In 1848, more than a thousand ships set sail for San Francisco, filled with eager fortune hunters. James P. Delgado provides a comprehensive examination of the Gold Rush from the perspective of the mariners to demonstrate that maritime activity is a pervasive thread in the event's history.
- ISBN10 0585361487
- ISBN13 9780585361482
- Publish Date 14 May 2014 (first published 1 December 1990)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 3 October 2023
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of South Carolina Press
- Edition Revised ed.
- Format eBook
- Pages 265
- Language English