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When a Carpenter in California Found a Nugget of Gold, It Started a Rush Toward the Nothing Less Than the Modern World

A new book by historian Nathaniel Philbrick makes the case that the James Marshall’s 1848 discovery set in motion events from the Civil War to the rise of Silicon Valley

When a Carpenter in California Found a Nugget of Gold, It Started a Rush Toward the Nothing Less Than the Modern World

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