They Saw the Elephant - Levy, Joann

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Résumé :
The phrase 'seeing the elephant' symbolized for '49 gold rushers the exotic, the mythical, the once-in-a-lifetime adventure, unequaled anywhere else but in the journey to the promised land of fortune: California. Most western myths . . . generally depict an exclusively male gold rush. Levy's book debunks that myth. Here a variety of women travel, work, and write their way across the pages of western migrant history.-Choice One of the best and most comprehensive accounts of gold rush life to dateˆ-San Francisco Chronicle

Biographie:
JoAnn Levy writes about under-represented voices in the California Gold Rush. She is the award-winning author of: THEY SAW THE ELEPHANT: Women in the California Gold Rush--University of Oklahoma Press;
DAUGHTER OF JOY--Forge; FOR CALIFORNIA'S GOLD: A Novel--University Press of Colorado; UNSETTLING THE WEST: Eliza Farnham and Georgiana Bruce Kirby in Frontier California--Heyday Books.

She has appeared in several TV documentaries airing on The History Channel, BBC4, and PBS, including American Experience. Extensive speaking engagements include the National Archives. She served on the California State Library Board of Directors 9 years.