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In Gold: The California Story, Mary Hill writes that well before 1848-when James Marshall unearthed a pea-size golden nugget near Sutter's sawmill and began the California gold rush-sixteenth century rumors of golden cities spurred Spanish expeditions to land north of Mexico. -Nicole LaPorte, The New Yorker A lively and engaging book on the ecology and human history of California gold.... Addresses a complex topic clearly and comprehensively. -Rachel D. Shaw, Journal of the West A book that should remain definitive for a very long time. -Sally Zanjani, Western Historical Quarterly

""In Gold: The California Story, Mary Hill writes that well before 1848-when James Marshall unearthed a pea-size golden nugget near Sutter's sawmill and began the California gold rush-sixteenth century rumors of golden cities spurred Spanish expeditions to land north of Mexico.""-Nicole LaPorte, The New Yorker ""A lively and engaging book on the ecology and human history of California gold.... Addresses a complex topic clearly and comprehensively.""-Rachel D. Shaw, Journal of the West ""A book that should remain definitive for a very long time.""-Sally Zanjani, Western Historical Quarterly

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Mary Hill is the author of Geology of the Sierra Nevada (1975) and California Landscape: Origin and Evolution (1984), both available in paperback from the University of California Press. She is coauthor of Volcanic Eruptions of 1980 at Mount St. Helens: The First 100 Days (1982). Longtime editor of the magazine California Geology, she was later Western Region Information Officer for the U.S. Geological Survey and Adjunct Professor of Geosciences at San Francisco State University.

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