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Strike it rich! : the story of the California Gold Rush / by Brianna Hall.

Author/creator Hall, Brianna author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Press, [2015]
Copyright Notice ©2015
Description32 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)
Frontier and pioneer life--California --Juvenile literature.
Gold mines and mining--Juvenile literature.
California--Gold discoveries --Juvenile literature.
California--History --1846-1850 --Juvenile literature.
Series Fact finders: Adventures on the American frontier
Fact finders. Adventures on the American frontier. ^A1265564
Contents Gold fever! -- The age of gold -- "Ho! For California!" -- Staking a claim -- A miner's life -- Big mining companies take over.
Abstract "Explores the California Gold Rush by examining the causes leading up to it and the immediate and lasting effects it had on the people and places involved"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Audience 950 Lexile
LCCN 2014007815
ISBN9781491401842 (library binding)
ISBN1491401842 (library binding)
ISBN9781491401897 (pbk.)
ISBN1491401893 (pbk.)

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