TY - BOOK AU - Friedman,Mel TI - The California Gold Rush T2 - A true book SN - 9780531205815 (hardcover) AV - F865 .F83 2010 U1 - 979.4/04 22 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Scholastic KW - California KW - Gold discoveries KW - Juvenile literature KW - History KW - 1846-1850 N1 - Z ; 900 ; Lexile ; Z ; Raz-Plus N2 - 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 ER -