What Was the Gold Rush?
New York : Grosset & Dunlap, [2013]
Format: Book
Description: 105 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
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.
Series: What was--?
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.
Subjects:
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.
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.
Target Audience: 680L
ISBN:
9780448462899
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C HISTORY US Hol | Sandhills Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Westward Hol | Southeast | Children's NonFiction | Out (Due: 4/27/2024) |
C HISTORY US Westward Hol | Southeast | Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Westward Hol | Wheatley (Shandon) | Children's NonFiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-105).