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What was the Gold Rush? / by Joan Holub ; illustrated by Tim Tomkinson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: 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
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 979.4 HOL 23
LOC classification:
  • F865 .H697 2013
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
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.

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