> My question though was more about rust as a language. Does it have a golden standard introduction to it like C does.

You'd have to be specific. If you are looking for simplicity, nothing will ever beat C, but just because a languague is simple doesn't mean it's easy to program. See Brainfuck.

Generally Rust Book is considered a gold standard, but I rarely read them unless I am truly at a loss what next.

https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/