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With great hope : women of the California gold rush by JoAnn Chartier, Chris Enss is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is With great hope : women of the California gold rush about?

Luzena Stanley Wilson became a gold rush banker, storing gold dust in bread pans in her camp oven. Mary Graves survived cannibalism in the Sierras. Madame Moustache lost the love of her life, and her fortune, in a silver camp in Nevada. A storyteller wrote about the West to feed her children. With Great Hope tells the fascinating stories of twelve uncommon women, the significant events of the times, and the everyday occurrences of life in the gold camps. JoAnn Chartier is a thirty-five year resident of the Sierra foothills where so much of the Gold Rush history has been preserved. JoAnn is a writer, artist, and broadcast journalist who has presented special programs and feature stories on local history. Chris Enss is a writer and standup comic with an extensive background in radio and television. She has studied cinematography and journalism and has written more than 15 comedy screenplays and several speculative TV episodes. Chris currently lives in Nevada County where she enjoys researching and writing about the area's history.<br>

Who reads With great hope : women of the California gold rush?

Author

JoAnn Chartier, Chris Enss

Publisher

TwoDot/Falcon Publishing

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9781560448884

Category

history

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir

Rating

4.1 / 5 (11 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14