The California Gold Rush
(2010)
Nonfiction
Book
Series:
Call Numbers:
E/979.404/FRIEDMAN,M
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Children's Press, [2010]
©2010
©2010
DESCRIPTION
48 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780531205815 (lib. bdg.), 0531205819 (lib. bdg.), 9780531212448 (softcover), 0531212440 (softcover)
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
NOTES
Publisher on cover is Scholastic
A fantastic discovery : what was found at Sutter's sawmill? -- Before the Gold Rush : what did Spanish explorers hope to find in California? -- Gold fever! : why was travel to California so dangerous? -- Life in the land of gold : why was it hard for miners to make money? -- The big truth! : panning for gold : how did miners collect gold? -- The dark side : what was life like in a gold-mining camp? -- End of the gold rush : how did the gold rush change America? -- True statistics
900L