The California trail to gold in American history
By: Carl R. Green.
Series: In American history
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Voyages to the Pacific coast -- Juvenile literature.; California -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile literature.; California National Historic Trail -- Juvenile literature.; California -- Gold discoveries.; California -- History -- 1846-1850.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Examines the thrills and disappointments of the nineteenth-century rush for gold in California, during which people abandoned their jobs and homes and headed west in hopes of becoming rich.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-125) and index.