TY  - BOOK
AU  - Holub,Joan
AU  - Tomkinson,Tim
TI  - What was the Gold Rush?
T2  - What was ...?
SN  - 9781424258970
AV  - F865 .H697 2013
U1  - 979.4 HOL 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - Grosset & Dunlap
KW  - Gold mines and mining
KW  - California
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Frontier and pioneer life
KW  - Gold discoveries
KW  - 1846-1850
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - fast
KW  - Juvenile works
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (page 104); 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; 8-12
N2  - 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
ER  -