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California Gold Rush
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by Peter Roop and Connie Roop
Sales Rank : 888219
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Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback: 48 pages
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks September 1, 2002
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0439273153
ISBN-13: 978-0439273152
Product Dimensions:
8.7 x 6 x 0.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.8 ounces
Product Description
Beginning with the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, this book traces the phenomenon that came to be called the Gold Rush. Readers learn what the phrase "gold fever" means, and who the "forty-niners" were. Various ways of traveling to the gold fields are described, as are various ways of mining or panning for gold. Mining towns sprang up overnight, with businesses that addressed the miners' every need. When the Gold Rush faded, the history of California had been changed forever.
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