What was the Gold Rush?

By Joan Holub, Tim Tomkinson

Subjects: California, juvenile literature, Gold discoveries, Juvenile literature, Frontier and pioneer life, Vida fronteriza, Vida social y costumbres, Gold mines and mining, California, history, Frontier and pioneer life, california, Minas de oro, World history, Gold mines and mining, juvenile literature, California, gold discoveries, Spanish language materials, Literatura juvenil, Social life and customs, Descubrimiento de oro, Historia, History, Frontier and pioneer life, juvenile literature

Description: Describe la fiebre del oro del siglo XIX, e incluye información sobre los "boomtowns" de la fiebre del oro, las relaciones entre los nativos americanos y los pioneros de la fiebre del oro y la importancia de la fiebre del oro en la historia americana. 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.