California Kingdoms

Gold. Gold in California. In 1849, these words launch the greatest stampede that history has ever witnessed – the California Gold Rush. Men and women flock to California from the four corners of the earth in pursuit of the shiny metal. Wade Rawson is a former college student who falls victim to the deadliest disease of them all, Gold Fever. Kathy Beddoes is a miner’s widow forced to make her way in a man’s world. Jack Marlow is a poor boy from New York who will stop at nothing to become rich. Juan Soto is a Chilean whose life is destroyed by Yanqui discrimination, and who dedicates his life to achieving vengeance. From the jungles of Panama, to the nightmare conditions of life in the gold fields, to San Francisco, the most famous boom town of all time, these characters, and many others, struggle for wealth and survival, all united in their quest for gold. Gold in California.