{"product_id":"the-california-gold-rush-and-the-coming-of-the-civil-war-9780307277572","title":"The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War","description":"\u003cp\u003eAward-winning historian Leonard L. Richards gives us an authoritative and revealing portrait of an overlooked harbinger of the terrible battle that was to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in 1848, Americans of all stripes saw the potential for both wealth and power. Among the more calculating were Southern slave owners. By making California a slave state, they could increase the value of their slaves--by 50 percent at least, and maybe much more. They could also gain additional influence in Congress and expand Southern economic clout, abetted by a new transcontinental railroad that would run through the South. Yet, despite their machinations, California entered the union as a free state. Disillusioned Southerners would agitate for even more slave territory, leading to the Kansas-Nebraska Act and, ultimately, to the Civil War itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leonard L. Richards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage Civil War Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.86w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307277572","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43446831284361,"sku":"9780307277572","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_de52125d-28cd-4174-9321-fb3385ebe822.jpg?v=1741682491","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-california-gold-rush-and-the-coming-of-the-civil-war-9780307277572","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}