This is a robust, rough and tumble, first-hand account of the early California gold rush years 1851-1854 by a Scottish adventurer and artist J. D. Borthwick. The first edition, published in 1857 was called Three Years in California. Reprints have used the more descriptive title The Gold Hunters. (Summary by Sue Anderson)
Chapters
1 01 - Ch. 1, Part 1, On to the Goldfields 26 min 2 01 - Ch. 1, Part 2, On to the Goldfields 22 min 3 03 - Ch. 2, Across the Isthmus 32 min 4 04 - Ch. 3, Part 1, A City in the Making 21 min 5 05 - Ch. 3, Part 2, A City in the Making 21 min 6 06 - Ch. 4, Part 1, Life at High Speed 28 min 7 07 - Ch. 4. Part 2, Life at High Speed 27 min 8 08 - Ch. 5, Off for the Mines 33 min 9 09 - Ch. 6, Looking for Gold 28 min 10 10 - Ch. 7, Indians and Chinamen 32 min 11 11 - Ch. 8, Miners' Law 27 min 12 12 - Ch. 9, Gold Is Where You Find It 25 min 13 13 - Ch. 10, Ursus Horribilis 24 min 14 14 - Ch. 11, On The Trail 19 min 15 15 - Ch. 12, Sitters For Portraits 25 min 16 16 - Ch. 13, On the Way to Downieville 15 min 17 17 - Ch. 14, The Reason for Lynch Law 23 min 18 18 - Ch. 15, Growing Overnight 27 min 19 19 - Ch. 16, A Band of Wanderers 21 min 20 20 - Ch. 17, Chinese in the Early Days 19 min 21 21 - Ch. 18, Down With the Flood 18 min 22 22 - Ch. 19, A Bull and Bear Fight 30 min 23 23 - Ch. 20, A Mountain of Gold 22 min 24 24 - Ch. 21, In Lighter Mood 17 min 25 25 - Ch. 22, Sonora and the Mexicans 20 min 26 26 - Ch. 23, Bull Fighting 18 min 27 27 - Ch. 24, A City Burned 16 min 28 28 - Ch. 25, The Way We Celebrate 17 min 29 29 - Ch. 26, Frenchmen in the Mines 23 min 30 30 - Ch. 27, The Resourceful Americans 17 min
