I recommend a song by Jory Nash, King of the Dust, about a veteran of the California and Yukon gold rushes.
My great-great-grandfather went out to the gold fields of Australia and New Zealand in the 1850s, and came back in 1860 to take over the family sculpting business when his father died.
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Date: 2010-11-10 10:04 pm (UTC)My great-great-grandfather went out to the gold fields of Australia and New Zealand in the 1850s, and came back in 1860 to take over the family sculpting business when his father died.