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A RUSH OF GOLD GLEANINGS PART 2

YESTERDAY WE BEGAN REVIEWING A BOOK REVIEW BY KATHRYN SCHULZ of Nathaniel Philbrick’s The Rush: California Gold, the Civil War, and the Making of the Modern World. Today, we continue … Continue reading →

November 6, 2026