The gold rush
Subtitle: a primary source history of the search for gold in California
By: Kerri O'Donnell.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Primary sources in American history; Primary sources in American history (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Rosen Central Primary Source
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.; Pioneers -- California -- History -- 19th century -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.; Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- Sources.; Pioneers -- California.; California -- Gold discoveries -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.; California -- History -- 1846-1850 -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.; California -- Gold discoveries -- Sources.; California -- History -- 1846-1850 -- Sources.
Genres: Sources; Juvenile literature.; Sources.
Description: Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount how the mid-nineteenth century California gold rush affected Americans and immigrants and how it shaped history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 61) and index.
Table of contents: title: El Dorado; title: Timeline; title: The great discovery; title: Gold fever; title: To California by sea; title: The Overlanders; title: Life in the mines; title: The lawless West.