What was the Gold Rush? - Holub, Joan; Tomkinson, Tim (New York, N.Y Grosset & Dunlap, 2013)
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
The world around us
Includes bibliographical references (p.104)
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Keywords: Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- Juvenile literature; Gold mines and mining -- California -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature; California -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile literature; California -- History -- 1846-1850 -- Juvenile literature; California -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature