California gold rush
Subtitle: moments in history
By: by Shirley Jordan.
Series: Cover-to-cover books
Publisher: Perfection Learning
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Logan, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- Juvenile literature.; California -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile literature.; California -- History -- 1846-1850 -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: In 1849, gold seekers flocked to Sutter's Mill in California: farmers left their fields, sailors abandoned their ships in the harbors, and carpenters dropped their tools.  They were going to California to get rich!
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: A timeline of important events; title: The golden dream; title: The California dream; title: Discovery!; title: The rush to California; title: Dreamers from many lands; title: The life of a prospector; title: Entertaining the miners; title: Honesty and justice in the mining camps; title: Mining the miners; title: Mining on a larger scale; title: The dreamers move on; title: Glossary.