What was the Gold Rush? /

Holub, Joan.

What was the Gold Rush? / by Joan Holub ; illustrated by Tim Tomkinson. - New York, N.Y. : Grosset & Dunlap, c2013. - 105 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm. - What was...? .

Includes bibliographical references (p.104).

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.

9780448462899 (pbk.) 9780448465777 (hardcover)

2012024488


Gold mines and mining--History--California--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Frontier and pioneer life--California--Juvenile literature.


California--Gold discoveries--Juvenile literature.
California--History--1846-1850--Juvenile literature.
California--Social life and customs--19th century--Juvenile literature.

F865 / .H697 2013

979.4/04