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What Was the Gold Rush?
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What Was the Gold Rush? Paperback - 2013

by Holub, Joan

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In 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting more than 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!" Includes a 16-page photo insert. Illustrations.

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  • Title What Was the Gold Rush?
  • Author Holub, Joan
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 112
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Workshop
  • Date 2013-02-07
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ING9780448462899
  • ISBN 9780448462899 / 0448462893
  • Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.4 in (18.80 x 13.21 x 1.02 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 680
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Cultural Region: West Coast
    • Geographic Orientation: California
  • Library of Congress subjects California - Gold discoveries, Frontier and pioneer life - California
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012024488
  • Dewey Decimal Code 979.404

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Summary

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!

From the publisher

Joan Holub is the author of other Who Was…? titles, including Who Was Marco Polo? and Who Was Babe Ruth?

About the author

Joan Holub is the author of other Who Was...? titles, including Who Was Marco Polo? and Who Was Babe Ruth?