What was the Gold Rush? / by Joan Holub ; illustrated by Tim Tomkinson.
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TextSeries: What was...?Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Grosset & Dunlap, c2013.Description: 105 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cmISBN: - 0448462893 (pbk.)
- 0448465779 (hardcover)
- 9780448462899 (pbk.)
- 9780448465777 (hardcover)
- Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- Juvenile literature
- Gold mines and mining -- California -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- California -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile literature
- California -- History -- 1846-1850 -- Juvenile literature
- California -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 979.404 H758 | Available | 33111007124908 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting over 300,000 people from all over the world, some who struck it rich and many more who didn't. Hear the stories about the gold-seeking "forty-niners!" With black-and white illustrations and sixteen pages of photos, a nugget from history is brought to life!
Includes bibliographical references.
What Was the Gold Rush? -- Striking Gold -- Gold Fever -- Rushing West -- Working a Claim -- A Miner's Week -- Striking It Rich (or Not) -- Law and Order -- Boomtowns -- Mining Gets Harder -- How the Gold Rush Changed America -- Timelines.
Describes the nineteenth century American gold rush, and includes information on gold rush "boomtowns," relations between Native Americans and gold rush pioneers, and the importance of the gold rush on American history.