Jim Holliday's "Rush For Riches" Hardcover-signed by the author
"No one writes better about California's irresistible past. Jim Holliday has the optimistic energy of a greenhorn gold bug, the sober reflection and fatalistic charm of the oldest of prospectors, and the genius of those content to watch the madness unfold from a safe, wise and utterly sane perspective. I am a huge fan." -Ken Burns, producer, PBS series "The Civil War" and "Lewis and Clark"
J. S. Holliday authored "The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience" (1981), which has become the classic book on the subject and has remained continuously in print. Holliday was Director Emeritus of the California Historical Society and former Director of the Oakland Museum of California; Associate Professor of American History at California State University, San Francisco; and Assistant Director of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. A popular lecturer--his insightful talk at Anchor Brewing was very well-received--he also appeared in several television documentaries, including Ken Burns's series "The West."
