附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-427) and index.
Contents -- 1 The start -- 2 Almost the finish -- 3 The nightmare cities -- 4 The education of a gold-rush merchant -- 5 California feminist -- 6 Upstairs at 54 k -- 7 The catalyst -- 8 The incredible leap -- 9 Preparations -- 10 The quagmire -- 11 Anticlimax -- 12 Breakthrough -- 13 The tentacles begin to grow -- 14 Overconfidence -- 15 The race heats up -- 16 Guarding the flanks -- 17 Scheming for victory -- 18 By the skin of their teeth -- 19 New vistas in Virginia -- 20 Consolidation in California -- 21 Blackmail and other aliments -- 22 The desperate years -- 23 New battlefields -- 24 Connivings and scandal -- 25 The potentale -- 26 Slings and arrows -- Notes -- Sources and acknowledgments -- Index.
