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The gold rush, a primary source history of the search for gold in California, Kerri O'Donnell

Label
The gold rush, a primary source history of the search for gold in California, Kerri O'Donnell
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-61), glossary, timeline and index
Illustrations
photographsillustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The gold rush
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Kerri O'Donnell
Series statement
Primary sources in American history
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, MG, 8.3, 2, 62664
Sub title
a primary source history of the search for gold in California
Summary
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
Table Of Contents
El Dorado -- Timeline -- The great discovery -- Gold fever -- To California by sea -- The Overlanders -- Life in the mines -- The lawless West
Target audience
adolescent
Classification