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Holub, Joan.

What was the Gold Rush? - New York : Grosset & Dunlap, c2013. - 105 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. - What was...? .

Includes bibliographical references.

What Was the Gold Rush? -- Striking Gold -- Gold Fever -- Rushing West -- Working a Claim -- A Miner's Week -- Striking It Rich (or Not) -- Law and Order -- Boomtowns -- Mining Gets Harder -- How the Gold Rush Changed America -- Timelines.

ISBN: 9780448462899 (pbk.) 0448462893 (pbk.) 9780448465777 (hardcover) 0448465779 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2012024488

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Gold mines and mining--History--California--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Frontier and pioneer life--California--Juvenile literature.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
California--Gold discoveries--Juvenile literature.
California--History--1846-1850--Juvenile literature.
California--Social life and customs--19th century--Juvenile literature.

LC Class. No.: F865 / .H697 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 979.4/04