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Author
Series
Chronicles of America volume 25
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
c1918
Physical Desc
273 p. : ill., ports.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Reference
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes, in illustrations and easy text, how gold was discovered in California, how miners traveled to the gold fields, how they sought gold or found riches other ways, and their impact on California.
Author
Publisher
MyReportLinks.com Books
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Author David Aretha tells the story of the California Gold Rush in this addition to "The Wild History of the American West" series. Learn about the discovery of gold at Coloma and the lives of those who put everything on the line for the chance to strike it rich.
Author
Publisher
Rosen Central Primary Source
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount how the mid-nineteenth century California gold rush affected Americans and immigrants and how it shaped history.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
350 pages cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the adventurous prospectors who traversed the United States in 1848 in response to rumors of gold in the Sacramento Valley, detailing the rough and rowdy cities that popped up, seemingly out of thin air, to accommodate the treasure-seekers.
96) The forty-niners
Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
c1974
Physical Desc
240 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Rosen Central Primary Source/Editorial Buenas Letras
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st bilingual ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 23 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Surveys the life of Swiss/German immigrant John Sutter, on whose land gold was discovered in the mid-nineteenth century, spurring the California gold rush and westward expansion.
99) Golden dreams
Author
Publisher
Lippincott & Crowell
Pub. Date
c1980
Physical Desc
238 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
An account of the California Gold Rush, discussing the people and events involved and the effect of that gold discovery upon the future of California and the nation.
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