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23) The gold rush
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1996
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
118 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Illustrates the event which drew thousands of people to California and its effect on the gold seekers, the Spanish settlers, and the native Indian tribes who lived there.
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.
28) Bandit's moon
Author
Series
California Gold Rush novels volume 2
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c1998
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
136 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Annyrose relates her adventures with Joaquin Murieta and his band of outlaws in the California gold-mining region during the mid-1800s.
Author
Publisher
Lectorum
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
700L
Language
Español
Description
Un grupo de viajeros se traslada de Boston a California con la esperanza de encontrar oro.
Beginning on a sailboat from Boston, Jack and Praiseworthy search for adventures during the Gold Rush of 1849 in California.
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
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 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.
34) Gold rush album
Author
Publisher
Bonanza Books
Pub. Date
c1949
Physical Desc
ix, 239 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
38) The Gold Rush
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
40) Newsgirl
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
327 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the spring of 1851 San Francisco is booming. 12-year-old Amelia Forrester has just arrived with her family and they are eager to make a new life in Phoenix City. But the mostly male town is not that hospitable to females and Amelia decides she will earn more money as a boy. Cutting her hair and donning a cap, she joins a gang of newsboys, selling Eastern newspapers for a fortune.
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