California Gold Quotes

“idealism melts in the acid juices of an empty belly.”
― John Jakes, California Gold

“Animus tamen omnia vincit. ‘Courage conquers all things’—Ovid.”
― John Jakes, California Gold

“The death toll approached five hundred. No one could be sure how many had been lost in collapsed buildings that later burned. Fires had razed over 2,800 acres, wiping out 490 city blocks and 250,000 dwellings. They had destroyed six times as much land and property as the London fire of 1666. Even the Chicago fire of 1871 was but two thirds the size.”
― John Jakes, California Gold

“Pío Pico, the last Mexican governor of California.”
― John Jakes, California Gold

“The Gold Rush created not a single millionaire, not one family fortune.”
― John Jakes, California Gold

“Emigrant Gap. Califo”
― John Jakes, California Gold