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The California Gold Rush in American History
By Altman, Linda Jacobs
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-89490-878-1
- Publisher
- Springfield, NJ, USA : Enslow Publishers, c1997.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 1998
Gr 4-Up Using broad strokes, this book paints a vivid--at times lurid--picture of the California Gold Rush. Fast-paced chapters and historical illustrations tell how gold was discovered by accident, how the word spread, and how adventurers arrived from all over the world. The second half of the book examines frontier injustice, racial discrimination, and the lives of women at the time. The writing is ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
