Summary: Randall MacLowry explains how the Gold Rush was a way for people to get rich quick -- a way to reinvent themselves. He chose to include stories from a diverse group of individuals to help tell the history of the Gold Rush, and he touches upon the desperation and violence that affected those in mining camps and towns. http://www.pbs.org/amex/goldrush/ Voices: Randall MacLowry, filmmaker Miles Neff, narrator Produced and edited by: Vanessa Ruiz and Ravi Jain Director of New Media: Maria Daniels American Experience is produced by WGBH Boston. Major funding for American Experience is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. National corporate funding is provided by Liberty Mutual and The Scotts Company. Additional funding is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and public television viewers.
