What was the Gold Rush? / by Joan Holub ; illustrated by Tim Tomkinson.
Material type: TextSeries: What was--?Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Grosset & Dunlap, ©2013.Description: 105 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmISBN:- 9781424258970
- 1424258979
- 9780448462899
- 0448462893
- 9780448465777
- 0448465779
- 9781451788549
- 1451788541
- 9780606299725
- 0606299726
- Gold mines and mining -- California -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- Juvenile literature
- California -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile literature
- California -- History -- 1846-1850 -- Juvenile literature
- California -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- 979.4 HOL 23
- F865 .H697 2013
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Non Fiction | MVS Library Children's Room | G- Nonfiction (Juvenile) | 979.4 HOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 4006359 |
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.
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.
8-12
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