What was the Gold Rush?
(2013)
By:
Holub, Joan
Nonfiction
Book
Series:
Call Numbers:
J/979.404/HOLUB,J
J/PAPERBACK/SERIES/WHAT
J/PAPERBACK/SERIES/WHAT
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York, N.Y. : Grosset & Dunlap, [2013]
©2013
©2013
DESCRIPTION
105 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780448462899 (pbk.), 0448462893 (pbk.), 9780448465777 (hardcover), 0448465779 (hardcover)
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
NOTES
"An official WhoHQ book"--Page 1 of cover
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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