The California Gold Rush /

Friedman, Mel, 1946-

The California Gold Rush / by Mel Friedman. - New York : Scholastic, 2010. - 48 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm. - A true book .

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Discover the brief, brutal period of U.S. history known as the gold rush. Characterized by hope, greed, enterprise and thug rule, the gold rush transformed life in America--and began in January, 1848, with James Marshall's accidental discovery of gold in California.

900
Lexile
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Raz-Plus


9780531205815 (hardcover) 9780531212448 (softcover)

2009017524


California--Gold discoveries--Juvenile literature.
California--History--1846-1850--Juvenile literature.

F865 / .F83 2010

979.4/04