Bibliograph

How to get rich in the California Gold Rush, an adventurer's guide to the fabulous riches disovered in 1848, Thomas Hartley ; by Tod Olson ; illustrated by Scott Allred ; afterword by Marc Aronson

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How to get rich in the California Gold Rush, an adventurer's guide to the fabulous riches disovered in 1848, Thomas Hartley ; by Tod Olson ; illustrated by Scott Allred ; afterword by Marc Aronson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 45) and index

Illustrations

photographsillustrationsportraitsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How to get rich in the California Gold Rush

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Thomas Hartley ; by Tod Olson ; illustrated by Scott Allred ; afterword by Marc Aronson

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, MG, 6.6, 1, 126863

Sub title

an adventurer's guide to the fabulous riches disovered in 1848

Summary

The fictional Thomas Hartley gives readers a historical portrait of life in the California gold fields, offering a unique and witty snapshot of a key period in the economic development of the United States

Table Of Contents

Gold fever -- Home sweet home -- Getting there by land -- Getting there by sea -- San Francisco, July 30, 1849 -- Getting to the diggings -- Sweet success! -- Seeing the elephant -- Getting along -- Into the wilderness -- Lake of empty dreams -- The reckoning -- Rich bar, November 1849 -- A lesson learned -- All the glitters is not gold -- Man with a plan -- Marysville, September 1850 -- Tale of woe -- Home sweet home, again -- Thomas Hartley's Gold Rush -- Encyclopedia of the Gold Rush

Target audience

juvenile

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How to get rich in the California Gold RushAn adventurer's guide to the fabulous riches discovered in 1848

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