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The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream Candlelight Amazonian Indians learned how toThe California Gold Rush inspired a new American dreamthe dream of instant wealth, won by audacity and good luck. The discovery of gold on the American River in 1848 triggered the most astonishing mass movement of peoples since the Crusades. It drew fortune seekers from the ends of the earth, accelerated Americas imperial expansion, and exacerbated the tensions that exploded in the Civil War. H. W. Brands tells his epic story from multiple