Volunteer Forty-niners : Tennesseans and the California gold rush /
Walter T. Durham.
- 1st ed.
- Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 1997.
- xvi, 324 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-306) and index.
California gold! -- By land and sea in '49 -- Going for the gold -- Trailing southern routes -- Via Fort Smith and Santa Fe -- The California Trail in '49 -- Slow passage -- The thing must have its run -- The birth of a state -- Political gold -- Not for the faint of heart -- Beyond the mines -- Statesmen and filibusters -- Gold and the gospel -- Home again.