num_pages: 448
description: This novel's narrative follows the time between 1847 and 1855 when, during the fever pitch of the Gold Rush in California, the Panama Railroad Company constructed a line crossing the country. Recreating the exploits and mishaps of the workers, the story also illustrates the havoc wreaked by rampantly spread tropical diseases.
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: El caballo de oro
publisher: Ediciones B