The California Gold Rush
By: by Edward F. Dolan.
Series: Kaleidoscope; Kaleidoscope (Tarrytown, N.Y.)
Publisher: Benchmark Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- Juvenile literature.; Frontier and pioneer life -- California.; California -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile literature.; California -- History -- 1846-1850 -- Juvenile literature.; California -- Gold discoveries.; California -- History -- 1846-1850.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Explores the phenomenon of the California Gold Rush, including information about the routes to California taken by hopeful miners and the fate of John Sutter, owner of the land on which gold was first discovered.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.
Table of contents: title: The magnificent discovery; title: The first news; title: Overland to California; title: By sea to California; title: In the gold fields; title: The fate of John Sutter; title: Timeline.