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Author Holub, Joan.

Title What was the Gold Rush? / by Joan Holub ; illustrated by Tim Tomkinson.

Publication Info. New York : Grosset & Dunlap, [2013]
©2013

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J 979.4 HOLUB    DUE 03-19-18 Billed
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department  J SERIES BLUE WHAT WAS GOLD RUSH    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department  J979.4 HOL (SERIES)    Storage
 Canton Public Library - Children's Department  J BRIDGE WHAT    DUE 05-06-24
 Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department  J 979.4 HOLUB    DUE 04-23-24
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  J979.4 H    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Children's Department  J 979.4 HOL    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department  J 979.4 HOL    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 979.4 HOLUB    Lost and Paid
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 979.4 HOLUB    Check Shelf

Description 105 pages : 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Series What was...?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-105)
Contents 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.
Summary Describes the nineteenth century American gold rush, and includes information on gold rush "boomtowns," relations between Native Americans and gold rush pioneers, and the importance of the gold rush on American history.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.6 1.0 157222.
Subject California -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile literature.
Gold mines and mining -- California -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
California -- History -- 1846-1850 -- Juvenile literature.
Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- Juvenile literature.
California -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Tomkinson, Tim, illustrator.
ISBN 9781451788549 (FollettBound)
9780448462899 paperback
0448462893 paperback
9780448465777 hardcover
0448465779 hardcover
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