The California Gold Rush
Publication Information
New York : Children's Press, c2010.
Physical Description
48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 22 cm.
Series
Notes
Publisher on cover is Scholastic.
Contents
- 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.