The Rush
America's Fevered Quest for Fortune, 1848-1853
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Edward Dolnick
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A riveting portrait of the Gold Rush, by the award-winning author of Down the Great Unknown and The Forger's Spell.
In the spring of 1848, rumors began to spread that gold had been discovered in a remote spot in the Sacramento Valley. A year later, newspaper headlines declared "Gold Fever!" as hundreds of thousands of men and women borrowed money, quit their jobs, and allowed themselves - for the first time ever - to imagine a future of ease and splendor. In The Rush, Edward Dolnick brilliantly recounts their treacherous westward journeys by wagon and on foot, and takes us to the frenzied gold fields and the rowdy cities that sprang from nothing to jam-packed chaos. With an enthralling cast of characters and scenes of unimaginable wealth and desperate ruin, The Rush is a fascinating - and rollicking - account of the greatest treasure hunt the world has ever seen.
©2014 Edward Dolnick (P)2014 Hachette AudioListeners also enjoyed...
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Into Africa
- The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone
- By: Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,317
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,743
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,735
"Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" So goes the signature introduction of New York Herald star journalist Henry Morton Stanley to renowned explorer Dr. David Livingstone, who had been missing for six years in the wilds of Africa. Into Africa ushers us into the meeting of these remarkable men. In 1866, when Livingstone journeyed into the heart of the African continent in search of the Nile's source, the land was rough, unknown to Europeans, and inhabited by man-eating tribes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Riveting
- By Gene on 04-01-04
By: Martin Dugard
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The Indifferent Stars Above
- The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
- By: Daniel James Brown
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,181
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,892
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,892
In April of 1846, 21-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Illinois with her new husband, her parents, and eight siblings. Seven months later, after joining a party of pioneers led by George Donner, they reached the Sierra Nevada Mountains as the first heavy snows of the season closed the pass ahead of them. In early December, starving and desperate, Sarah and 14 others set out for California on snowshoes and over the next 32 days endured almost unfathomable hardships and horrors.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely enthralling
- By Sasha Anscum on 06-07-19
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Desperate Passage
- The Donner Party's Perilous Journey West
- By: Ethan Rarick
- Narrated by: Christopher Prince
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 824
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 684
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 684
In late October 1846, the last wagon train of that year's westward migration stopped overnight before resuming its arduous climb over the Sierra Nevada Mountains, unaware that a fearsome storm was gathering force. After months of grueling travel, the 81 men, women and children would be trapped for a brutal winter with little food and only primitive shelter. The conclusion is known: by spring of the next year, the Donner Party was synonymous with the most harrowing extremes of human survival.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I REALLY enjoyed this book
- By Roger on 02-09-10
By: Ethan Rarick
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Exploration Fawcett
- Journey to the Lost City of Z
- By: Lt. Col. P. H. Fawcett
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 82
This is the true story of the real Colonel Fawcett, whose life was the inspiration for the best-selling book The Lost City of Z and an upcoming movie starring Brad Pitt. A thrilling account, it tells of Colonel Fawcett and his mysterious disappearance in the Amazon jungle, which is now considered one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century.
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2 out of 5 stars
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boring
- By Ramanda Brockett on 08-07-18
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The Age of Gold
- The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream
- By: H.W. Brands
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 17 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 410
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 303
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 308
When gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill on the American River, it completely transformed the territory of California. Hundreds of thousands of people sped to California by any means possible, and small cities sprung up to service their needs as they sought the precious metal. By 1850, California had become a state; it had also become a symbol of where the nation was going.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very Enjoyable
- By Claire on 01-15-04
By: H.W. Brands
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Skeletons on the Zahara
- A True Story of Survival
- By: Dean King
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,404
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,249
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,248
Everywhere hailed as a masterpiece of historical adventure, this enthralling narrative recounts the experiences of 12 American sailors who were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1815, captured by desert nomads, sold into slavery, and subjected to a hellish two-month journey through the bone-dry heart of the Sahara. The ordeal of these men - who found themselves tested by barbarism, murder, starvation, death, dehydration, and hostile tribes that roamed the desert on camelback - is made indelibly vivid in this gripping account of courage, brotherhood, and survival.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Haunting
- By thawstone on 06-05-16
By: Dean King
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The Floor of Heaven
- A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush
- By: Howard Blum
- Narrated by: John H. Mayer
- Length: 16 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 177
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 147
It is the last decade of the 19th century. The Wild West has been tamed and its fierce, independent and often violent larger-than-life figures – gun-toting wanderers, trappers, prospectors, Indian fighters, cowboys, and lawmen –are now victims of their own success. They are heroes who’ve outlived their usefulness.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A major disappointment
- By Joshua on 05-03-14
By: Howard Blum
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The Lost City of Z
- A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
- By: David Grann
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,235
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,319
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,331
A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the world. A quest for truth that leads to death, madness or disappearance for those who seek to solve it. The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies beneath the impenetrable jungle canopy of the Amazon. After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, acclaimed New Yorker writer David Grann set out to find out what happened to the British explorer Percy Fawcett and his quest for the Lost City of Z.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Worthy Read for Armchair Explorers
- By Jennifer Seattle, WA on 03-01-09
By: David Grann
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Ordeal by Hunger
- By: George R. Stewart
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 163
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 95
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 98
The tragedy of the Donner party constitutes one of the most amazing stories of the American West. In 1846, 87 people, men, women, and children, set out for California, persuaded to attempt a new overland route. After struggling across the desert, losing many oxen, and nearly dying of thirst, they reached the very summit of the Sierras, only to be trapped by blinding snow and bitter storms. Many perished; some survived by resorting to cannibalism; all were subjected to unbearable suffering.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Life Changing
- By Gyropilot on 06-03-08
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The Best Land Under Heaven
- The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny
- By: Michael Wallis
- Narrated by: Michael Wallis
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 440
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 406
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 402
Cutting through 160 years of mythmaking, best-selling historian Michael Wallis presents the ultimate cautionary tale of America's westward expansion.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well researched but performance is just mediocre
- By T. Redwood on 07-14-17
By: Michael Wallis
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The Big Burn
- Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America
- By: Timothy Egan
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 168
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 149
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 149
In The Worst Hard Time, Timothy Egan put the environmental disaster of the Dust Bowl at the center of a rich history, told through characters he brought to indelible life. Now he performs the same alchemy with the Big Burn, the largest-ever forest fire in America and the tragedy that cemented Teddy Roosevelt's legacy in the land.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mediocre
- By Mona on 11-04-20
By: Timothy Egan
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Wicked River
- The Mississippi When It Last Ran Wild
- By: Lee Sandlin Jeff
- Narrated by: Jeff McCarthy
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 134
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 112
Acclaimed journalist and author Lee Sandlin delivers a riveting glimpse of a dangerous and colorful place in America’s historical landscape - the Mississippi River of the 19th century. Long before it was dredged into a shipping channel or romanticized into myth, the untamed Mississippi - the lifeblood of communities that rose and fell along its banks - spawned a motley array of pirates and dignitaries, visionaries, and thieves.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Worth a listen
- By Robert B. Golson on 12-09-10
By: Lee Sandlin Jeff
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Lasso the Wind
- Away to the New West
- By: Timothy Egan
- Narrated by: John McLain
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 67
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 69
Egan leads us on an unconventional, freewheeling tour: from America's oldest continuously inhabited community, the Ancoma Pueblo in New Mexico, to the high kitsch of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where London Bridge has been painstakingly rebuilt stone by stone; from the fragile beauty of Idaho's Bitterroot Range to the gross excess of Las Vegas, a city built as though in defiance of its arid environment.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narrator mispronounces everything
- By Catherine on 01-27-22
By: Timothy Egan
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A Wretched and Precarious Situation
- In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier
- By: David Welky
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4 out of 5 stars 50
A remarkable true story of adventure, betrayal, and survival set in one of the world's most inhospitable places. In 1906, from atop a snow-swept hill in the ice fields northwest of Greenland, hundreds of miles from another human being, Commander Robert E. Peary spotted a line of mysterious peaks looming in the distance. He called this unexplored realm "Crocker Land". Scientists and explorers agreed that the world-famous explorer had discovered a new continent rising from the frozen Arctic Ocean.
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4 out of 5 stars
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it all comes together at the end
- By Kat on 01-30-18
By: David Welky
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Hard Gold (I Witness)
- The Colorado Gold Rush of 1859: A Tale of the Old West
- By: Avi
- Narrated by: Alston Brown
- Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 72
Early Whitcomb's family needs a miracle. Their Iowa farm has been in the family for generations, but a long drought has withered their savings and left them in debt - and in danger of foreclosure. Early's uncle, Jesse, thinks he has the solution: to head West and dig for gold. Fueled by reports of prospectors striking it rich in the Rocky Mountains, Jesse can't think about anything but gold. Early is wild to go with him, as much for the adventure as for the gold. But the journey costs money - more than the boys can afford....
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5 out of 5 stars
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great story
- By Uki Dominque Lucas on 04-09-19
By: Avi
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The Promise of the Grand Canyon
- John Wesley Powell's Perilous Journey and His Vision for the American West
- By: John F. Ross
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 108
John Wesley Powell’s first descent of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in 1869 counts among the most dramatic chapters in American exploration history. When the Canyon spit out the surviving members of the expedition - starving, battered, and nearly naked - they had accomplished what others thought impossible and finished the exploration of continental America that Lewis and Clark had begun almost 70 years before.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Parallels
- By Bruce McClenahan on 01-25-19
By: John F. Ross
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- Steven Fletcher
- 01-11-16
Great!
Excellent research done by the author. Great narration. Very enjoying to listen to. couldn't stop listening
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- Carlos
- 01-11-16
Loved it. Want to hear more of Clarks work.
Great story. Love the level of detail. Wove together many interesting perspectives. Narration was perfect for this book.
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- Scott Pearce
- 03-17-18
A Great Adventure
This book tells an amazing story of hardship, despair, tragedy, humour, and endurance. It follows the lives of several people as they set out to find fortune on distant goldfields.
Narrative is interesting and has an excellent pace. The reading adds life to the story. Highly recommended.
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- Bill
- 09-12-16
"The Rush" was certainly close to it!
While I don't remember being giddy in the reading of this book, I will admit that I found myself looking for additional chores to do... thus giving me more listening time!
Mr. Bernard Setaro Clark was easy to listen to and clear when changing characters.
Thank you Mr. Dolnick! I look forward to other writings from you!
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- Bruce Marquez
- 09-18-23
Essential for the California Gold Rush buff
The narrator does a great job. The storyline mostly moves along at an entertaining pace. The story follows historical accounts, along with peoples' diaries, which colors the history with emotion, The personal accounts are a collection from distinctly different people, some of which came by sea and others by land. The book is an excellent dive into the Gold Rush and a great intro into westward expansion during the time period covered. Bottom line, buy it.
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- irene
- 10-21-14
Excellent personalization of the gold rush
What made the experience of listening to The Rush the most enjoyable?
Story snd truly magnificent narrator. The Israel Lord character was downright humorous and entertaining unto himself.
What did you like best about this story?
The personalization of the story using the 5 main characters with lots of actual diary accounts.
Have you listened to any of Bernard Setaro Clark’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No. But although it would seem odd to choose a book by the narrator I just might try it this time. Hmmmm.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Let those who have water in their basement move HERE.
Any additional comments?
If you like history at all give this one a try. You will enjoy it.
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- markweintraub
- 07-24-17
California Dreaming
Terrific narration. What brings this story to life is the use of first hand accounts and diaries of the people who iived through the Gold Rush.
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- thomas
- 03-17-15
Wow.
Would you listen to The Rush again? Why?
No but it has peaked my interest on other historical books covering the same era.
What other book might you compare The Rush to and why?
Astoria, another book in the Audible Library that describes the population of the American Northwest.
Which character – as performed by Bernard Setaro Clark – was your favorite?
Hard to say...he had an over the top narration style that I really enjoyed. He gave characters an inflection and style that made me laugh sometimes. I read books for entertainment and Bernard breathed life into characters that would be unbelievable expect for one thing. They all really existed.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
"People Were Tougher Than You in the 1800's"
Any additional comments?
I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone interested in American History.
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- Levi Cox
- 02-28-24
One of the greatest eras of American history
The history of the Golden State is like no other. Great narration for one of the most exciting stories in our nations history.
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