Full name: Gold: The Marvellous History of General John Augustus Sutter

Author: Blaise Cendrars Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Fiction, Contemporary Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9782070363315 2070363317

Le Général Suter, parti d'Allemagne où il était poursuivi par la police, traversant la France en y commettant quelques larçins pour survivre et se payer son voyage, débarque en 1834 à New-York.Il traversera les Etats-Unis, s'établira en Californie pour devenir l'homme le plus riche du monde et sera ruiné par la découverte de mines d'or sur ses terres. Similar books: Captain Fracasse by Theophile Gautier The Confession of a Child of the Century by Alfred de Musset Mauprat by George Sand The Country Doctor by Honore de Balzac A Woman of Thirty by Honore de Balzac Letters of Two Brides by Honore de Balzac Of Illustrious Men by Jean Rouaud An Iceland Fisherman by Pierre Loti Strong as Death by Guy de Maupassant The Golden Droplet by Michel Tournier Guignol's Band by Louis-Ferdinand Celine North by Louis-Ferdinand Celine The Dark Journey by Julien Green The Child by Jules Valles Tartarin of Tarascon by Alphonse Daudet Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout Don't Let Me Go by Catherine Ryan Hyde We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver