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Holub, Joan.
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Gold mines and mining -- California -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- Juvenile literature.
California -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile literature.
California -- History -- 1846-1850 -- Juvenile literature.
California -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Holub, Joan.
Gold mines and mining -- California -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- Juvenile literature.
California -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile literature.
California -- History -- 1846-1850 -- Juvenile literature.
California -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
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What was the Gold Rush? / by Joan Holub ; illustrated by Tim Tomkinson.
by
Holub, Joan.
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., c2013.
Call #:
979.404 H758w
Subjects
Gold mines and mining
--
California
--
History
--
19th
century
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Frontier and pioneer
life
--
California
--
Juvenile
literature
.
California
--
Gold discoveries
--
Juvenile
literature
.
California
--
History
--
1846-1850
--
Juvenile
literature
.
California
--
Social
life
and
customs
--
19th
century
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Series
What was--?
What was? (Who HQ)
ISBN:
9780448465777 (hbk.)
0448465779 (hbk.)
9780448462899 (pbk.)
0448462893 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Gold Rush?
Description:
105 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Notes:
"WHOHQ"--Spine.
"Who HQ. Your headquarters for history. Who? What? Where?"--Back cover.
"16 pages of photos inside!"--Cover.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Audience:
Ages 8-12.
Other authors:
Tomkinson, Tim.
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Bedford Public Library
Children's Nonfiction
979.404 H758w
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