Life during the Gold Rush / by Janey Levy.
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TextSeries: What you didn't know about historyPublication details: New York : Gareth Stevens Pub., 2013.Edition: 1st edDescription: 24 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN: - 1433984296 (library binding)
- 143398430X (pbk.)
- 9781433984297 (library binding)
- 9781433984303 (pbk.)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 979.404 L668 | Available | 33111007539345 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
People who trekked out to California after learning gold had been found didn't often strike it rich. Instead, they were greeted with poor living conditions, bad food, and lots of time to sift through gravel for something shiny. This book not only introduces readers to the circumstances of the gold rush, but also augments the social studies curriculum with surprising facts about the time period and the forty-niners' lives. Detailed photographs and illustrations of life in California gold country will engage readers on their journey through the goldfields, while fascinating fact boxes invite them into the lives of immigrant and American fortune seekers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Gold! -- John Sutter's dream -- Forty-niners -- Home sweet home -- Tools of the trade -- A miner's meal -- Women's place -- African Americans in the Gold Rush -- Foreigners in the Gold Rush.
This book introduces young readers to the circumstances of the gold rush as well as surprising facts about the time period and the forty-niners' lives. Includes detailed photographs and illustrations of life in California gold country.
Levels: GR: M; DRA: 28