The California Gold Rush

Author

Mel Friedman

Call Number

• J 979.404 FRIE (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : Children's Press, c2010.

Physical Description

48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 22 cm.

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.