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What was the Gold Rush? by Joan Holub ; illustrated by Tim Tomkinson

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: What wasPublication details: New York, N.Y. Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random c2013Description: 105 p. ill., mapsISBN:
  • 9780448462899 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 979.4/04
Contents:
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.
Summary: Describes the nineteenth century American gold rush, and includes information on gold rush "boomtowns," relations between Native Americans and gold rush pioneers, and the importance of the gold rush on American history.
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Lexile : 680L

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.

Describes the nineteenth century American gold rush, and includes information on gold rush "boomtowns," relations between Native Americans and gold rush pioneers, and the importance of the gold rush on American history.

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