The gold rush
Subtitle: California or bust!
By: Emily Raabe.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Reading power; Westward ho!
Publisher: PowerKids Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: California -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile literature.; Pioneers -- California -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- Juvenile literature.; Gold mines and mining.; Frontier and pioneer life -- California.; California -- History -- 1846-1850.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Describes how the 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, California, sparked a movement of people to California from around the country and the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 23) and index.
Table of contents: title: Gold in the hills; title: Getting to the gold; title: Looking for gold; title: Coming to America for gold; title: After the gold rush.