They Saw the Elephant
Women in the California Gold Rush
by JoAnn Levy

"One of the best and most comprehensive accounts of gold rush life to date."
--San Francisco Chronicle

"A significant contribution to the scholarship of women's studies."
--Library Journal

"A charming style...an engrossing account."
--California Historical Society

"Exciting and inspiring...Photographs, letters, and diary accounts contribute to the realism
of these adventures."
--School Library Journal

"An excellent book on a readable subject-
and it will last." --Books of the Southwest

"For those interested in women's history and in western history, this volume is a must."
--Howard F. Lamar,
Sterling Professor of History, Yale University