What Was the Gold Rush?

What Was the Gold Rush?

by Joan Holub, Tim Tomkinson (Illustrator)
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Trade Paperback, 112 pages
Price: $5.99

Historical Setting: California, 1848-1855

In 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting over 300,000 people from all over the world, some who struck it rich and many more who didn't. Hear the stories about the gold-seeking "forty-niners!" With black-and white illustrations and sixteen pages of photos, a nugget from history is brought to life!

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