In Seach of Gold.In Seach Of Gold John Fish; Bruce Adam, editor Ara Pacis Ara Pacis (Augustae) (Latin; “Augustan Altar of Peace”) State monument built by Caesar Augustus in Rome's Campus Martius (13–9 BC) to commemorate his victorious return from Spain and Gaul. It consists of an altar on a podium enclosed by walls. Publishers PO Box 1202, Des Plaines Des Plaines, city, United States Des Plaines (dĕs plānz), city (1990 pop. 53,223), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago on the Des Plaines River; inc. 1925. Among its manufactures are chemicals and electronic equipment. , IL 60017-1202 0966131835 $19.95 arapacis@hotmail.com John Fish was one of the men who flooded into California in 1849 as part of an immense gold rush. Fisk Fisk , James 1834-1872. American railroad financier and speculator who attempted in 1869 to corner the gold market with Jay Gould, leading to Black Friday, a day of nationwide financial panic. kept a journal of his experiences and that journal has now been edited by his great-great grandson Bruce Adam and published by Ara Pacis Publishers. In Search Of Gold: Journal Of Incidents On Land And Sea reads with all the drama and excitement of a novel, but is an authentic historical narrative that is a welcome and invaluable contribution to the history of what the '49ers experienced in reaching and working the California gold California Gold were an American soccer team, founded in 1998. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2006, when the team left the league and the franchise was terminated. fields. Enhanced with a a poem 'The Cranberry Webb Worm" and an appendix laying out John Fisk's lineage, In Search Of Gold is a minor masterpiece of the journalist's art and an memorable, informative, and entertaining narrative record of life in the yesteryear yes·ter·year n. 1. The year before the present year. 2. Time past; yore. yes of California frontier history! |
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