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The Rush by Nathaniel Philbrick
Viking · New release

The Rush

California Gold, the Civil War, and the Making of the Modern World

Nathaniel Philbrick

Viking · American History
Released October 06, 2026 · ISBN 9780525562238

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About the book

Philbrick follows the gold as it moves from riverbed to countinghouse to the halls of power, revealing how vigilantism hardened into law and how debates over slavery in the West tipped the balance in Washington.

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