The Blue The Gold And The Gray

'The Blue The Gold And The Gray' is a fascinating overview of America's historyfrom its discovery by Christopher Columbus in 1492 through its development as Britain establishedits colonies on its east coast while Spain and France claimed the lands from the Pacific to the Mississippi.It covers the American Revolution where America fought for and gained its independencefrom Great Britain. It covers the westward expansion of the Americans and the role major gold rushesplayed in that expansion. It covers the attempted dissolution of the Union of states as eleven laterto be thirteen states of the southern United States proclaimed their independence establishing theirown Confederate States of America. It covers the American Civil War that followed the Secession ofthe Southern states. And finally it covers the history of a number of the men whose gold discoveriesin Georgia California and Colorado helped to shape both a country and a state.