California Or Bust

Describes how the 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, California, sparked a movement of people to California from around the country and the world.

When Mike George left the British army in 1978 - aged forty - he rejected the tedium of a nine-to-five civilian job and went to seek his future in California. It didn't quite work out. California or Bust recounts amusing yarns about the deterrent tribulations that confronted him before he was able to come to terms with where his niche really seemed to lie.

Follow the successes and failures of a young family in Southern California. Live with them through earthquakes, A-bomb scares, Little League and Cub Scouts. Experience life-threatening accidents as part of growing up in the Golden State. Wonder how they could survive on a minimum wage of 75 cents an hour but marvel at the cost of goods in the fifties and sixties when gasoline was 19 cents a gallon and one could buy a starter home for less than twenty thousand dollars. The book is recent history on a very personal level. Try it - you'll like it.

Luke and his father travel to California in 1849 to search for gold, and Luke describes their progress in letters to his family back east.

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