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The Gold Rush
Contributor(s): Kalman, Bobbie (Author)
ISBN: 0778701115     ISBN-13: 9780778701118
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
OUR PRICE:   $8.96  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 1999
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Annotation: In search of large fortunes, thousands of hopeful prospectors crowded the Klondike region and California. The Gold Rush investigates one of the most thrilling and desperate times in North American history. Learn about the prospector's tools, gold rush towns, and the exhilaration of hitting "pay dirt!" Full color.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 19th Century
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Earth Sciences - Rocks & Minerals
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Health & Daily Living - General
Dewey: 338.274
LCCN: 99-11520
Series: Life in the Old West
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 8.3" W x 10.5" (0.30 lbs) 32 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Secular
- Chronological Period - 1800-1850
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 29871
Reading Level: 6.1   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 1.0
 
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Publisher Description:
Bobbie Kalman, author of the acclaimed Historic Communities and Early Settler Life series, explores the action and adventure that made the West famous. In the latter part of the 19th century, more than half a million pioneers headed west to carve out a future on an unknown frontier. Some were drawn by the offer of cheap land and the promise of religious freedom while others had high hopes of finding gold. Thrilling, authentic photos and full-color illustrations recreate what life was really like for these cowboys, adventurers, and immigrants in this rough-and-ready era in our history.

In search of large fortunes, thousands of prospectors braved arduous treks west and north by sea, and by wagon train to California and the Klondike region. The Gold Rush investigates one of the most thrilling and desperate times in North American history. Exciting text details:
-- how a claim was staked
-- how the gold was retrieved by panning, digging, or hydraulic mining
-- the tools used to hit "pay dirt"
-- how prospectors lived in often difficult conditions
-- what role women and children played
-- the problem of lawlessness and harsh justice
-- the violation of the Native peoples' way of life