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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After gold was discovered in California in 1848, thousands of people rushed there to strike it rich. They faced tough choices at every turn. Now the choices are yours. Would you rather use the slower method of panning for gold or use a more dangerous method of hydraulic mining? Would you rather run a store or a hotel in a California boomtown? It's your turn to pick this or that!"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes adventures and disasters in the lives of people who rushed to the gold mines of California in 1848 and explains how this event sparked the state's development.
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
47 p. : ill (chiefly col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Covers the California Gold Rush as a watershed event in U.S. history, influencing social, economic, and political policies that shaped the nation's future"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Enslow Elementary
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the California Gold Rush in American history, including the first discovery of gold, the 49ers, and how the gold rush changed the landscape of America.
Author
Series
Publisher
Flash Point/Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces young readers to the history of the California gold rush, describing the journey to California, the process of panning for gold, and the fortunes that this gold brought many different people.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes adventures and disasters in the lives of people who rushed to the gold mines of California in 1848 and explains how this event sparked the state's development.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the details of the California gold rush, from the miner's daily lives to the methods they used to pan for gold.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
105 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Jump!
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In this book, early fluent readers will learn about the causes, main events, key players, and lasting impacts of the California gold rush. Interesting photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about this important period in American history."
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
980L
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book relays the factual details of the California Gold Rush. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a builder working on Sutter's Mill when gold was discovered, a '49er who left New York for California, and a prospector from Chile who came by ship to California to find riches.
Author
Series
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by Macmillan
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In 1848, carpenter James Marshall made a chance discovery that would change the face of the American West. That discovery: a few shiny flakes-of gold in a riverbed he was digging. Within a year 800,000 gold-seekers from all over the world were on their way to California, and the Gold Rush was on. This book covers the entire period of the boom-and-bust of one of the greatest expansion periods in US history-from the dangers of the journey, to the rough...
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