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Inspire students with amazing stories from the California Gold Rush. With the use of personal accounts, newspaper stories, and other primary sources, the events of this fascinating time in history come to life.

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9781491484906, titled "A Primary Source History of the Gold Rush" | Fact Finders, January 1, 2016, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Inspire students with amazing stories from the California Gold Rush.

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9781491484869, titled "A Primary Source History of the Gold Rush" | Fact Finders, January 1, 2016, cover price $26.65

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Product Description: This book relays the factual details of the California Gold Rush. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a builder working on Sutter's Mill when gold was discovered, a '49er who left New York for California, and a prospector from Chile who came by ship to California to find riches...read more

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9781631376603 | Cherry Lake Pub, August 1, 2014, cover price $14.21 | About this edition: This book relays the factual details of the California Gold Rush.

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9781631376153 | Cherry Lake Pub, August 1, 2014, cover price $29.93 | About this edition: This book relays the factual details of the California Gold Rush.

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In 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting over 300,000 people from all over the world, some who struck it rich and many more who didn't. Hear the stories about the gold-seeking "forty-niners!" With black-and white illustrations and sixteen pages of photos, a nugget from history is brought to life!
By Tim Tomkinson (illustrator)

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9780448465777 | Grosset & Dunlap, February 7, 2013, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: In 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting over 300,000 people from all over the world, some who struck it rich and many more who didn't.

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9780448462899 | Grosset & Dunlap, February 7, 2013, cover price $5.99

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9780606299725 | Reprint edition (Turtleback Books, February 7, 2013), cover price $16.00

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Product Description: Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Life During the Gold RushAuthor: Levy, JaneyPublisher: Publication Date: 2013/01/01Number of Pages: 24Binding Type: LIBRARYLibrary of Congress: 2012020742

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9781433984303 | Gareth Stevens Pub Learning library, January 1, 2013, cover price $8.15

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9781433984297 | Gareth Stevens Pub, January 1, 2013, cover price $22.60 | About this edition: Book annotation not available for this title.

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9781614784463 | Abdo Pub Co, January 1, 2012, cover price $34.22

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9781617830969 | Essential Library, January 1, 2012, cover price $35.64

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Discusses the early history of California, focusing especially on the gold rush period including the discovery of gold, the arrival of prospectors hoping to strike it rich, and the effects on the people and environment of the region.

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9781591972815 | Abdo Pub Co, January 1, 2004, cover price $27.07 | About this edition: Discusses the early history of California, focusing especially on the gold rush period including the discovery of gold, the arrival of prospectors hoping to strike it rich, and the effects on the people and environment of the region.

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Product Description: Readers learn about the California Gold Rush through simple text and illustrations.

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9781435829893 | Powerkids Pr, April 3, 2009, cover price $26.25 | About this edition: Readers learn about the California Gold Rush through simple text and illustrations.

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Product Description: In 1848, a carpenter found gold in a river in California. The news spread quickly, and soon prospectors from across the country were arriving to pursue their fortunes. This mass migration, known as the Gold Rush, reshaped the United States by drastically accelerating the immigration to the far West...read more

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9781604130515 | 1 edition (Chelsea House Pub, October 1, 2008), cover price $35.00 | About this edition: In 1848, a carpenter found gold in a river in California.

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By Scott Allred (illustrator), Marc Aronson (other contributor) and Tod Olson

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9781426303159 | Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books, September 9, 2008, cover price $16.95

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9781426303166 | Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books, September 9, 2008, cover price $25.90

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9780761430124 | 1 edition (Benchmark Books, September 1, 2008), cover price $31.36

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Product Description: From gunslingers to gold diggers, this series explores the stories and history of the American West.

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9780516250991 | Childrens Pr, September 1, 2005, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Describes how gold was discovered in California, how miners traveled to the gold fields, how they sought gold or found riches other ways, and their impact on California.

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9780516251295 | Childrens Pr, September 1, 2005, cover price $24.50 | About this edition: Describes how gold was discovered in California, how miners traveled to the gold fields, how they sought gold or found riches other ways, and their impact on California.

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9781439523315 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: From gunslingers to gold diggers, this series explores the stories and history of the American West.

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A curriculum-related series separates fact from fiction as it follows America's quest to fulfill its 'manifest destiny' through westward movement and describes how this expansion influenced the way Americans view themselves as a nation.

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9781598450125 | Myreportlinks.Com, June 1, 2006, cover price $34.60 | About this edition: Traces the history of the California gold rush after the initial discovery of gold in 1848, the rapid rise of boomtowns, and the end of the gold rush in the late 1850s.

Describes how gold was discovered in California, how miners traveled to the gold fields, how they sought gold or found riches other ways, and their impact on California.

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9781417672851 | Turtleback Books, September 1, 2005, cover price $17.15 | About this edition: Describes how gold was discovered in California, how miners traveled to the gold fields, how they sought gold or found riches other ways, and their impact on California.

Describes, in illustrations and easy text, how gold was discovered in California, how miners traveled to the gold fields, how they sought gold or found riches other ways, and their impact on California.

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9780613707213 | Turtleback Books, December 1, 2003, cover price $12.25 | About this edition: Describes, in illustrations and easy text, how gold was discovered in California, how miners traveled to the gold fields, how they sought gold or found riches other ways, and their impact on California.

Describes, in illustrations and easy text, how gold was discovered in California, how miners traveled to the gold fields, how they sought gold or found riches other ways, and their impact on California.

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9780606250474 | Demco Media, December 1, 2002, cover price $12.50 | About this edition: Describes, in illustrations and easy text, how gold was discovered in California, how miners traveled to the gold fields, how they sought gold or found riches other ways, and their impact on California.

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Briefly discusses the events surrounding the nineteenth-century gold rush in California, using first-hand accounts.

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9781590360781 | Weigl Pub Inc, December 1, 2002, cover price $24.45 | About this edition: Briefly discusses the events surrounding the nineteenth-century gold rush in California, using first-hand accounts.

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Beginning with the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, a nonfiction reader describes how mining towns sprung up overnight, the various ways of mining gold, and how this phenomenon changed the landscape of California forever. Original.

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9780439273152 | Scholastic Reference, September 1, 2002, cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Describes, in illustrations and easy text, how gold was discovered in California, how miners traveled to the gold fields, how they sought gold or found riches other ways, and their impact on California.

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Discusses the events surrounding the nineteenth-century gold rush in California, the lifestyle of miners, and the phenomena of boom towns and ghost towns

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9781560062936 | Lucent Books, January 1, 1998, cover price $27.45 | About this edition: Discusses the events surrounding the nineteenth-century gold rush in California, the lifestyle of miners, and the phenomena of boom towns and ghost towns

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Illustrates the event which drew thousands of people to California and its effect on gold seekers, Spanish settlers, and Indian tribes (view table of contents)

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9780316591331 | Little Brown & Co, September 1, 1996, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Illustrates the event which drew thousands of people to California and its effect on gold seekers, Spanish settlers, and Indian tribes

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9780316490474 | Little Brown & Co, September 1, 1996, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Illustrates the event which drew thousands of people to California and its effect on gold seekers, Spanish settlers, and Indian tribes

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Product Description: From the first cry of "Gold!" (was it really at Sutter's Mill?) to the frantic search for a fabled "golden lake," this book tells the saga of the California Gold Rush through scores of fascinating stories and anecdotes. All the essentials are here: how the rush for gold began; where the gold seekers came from, and where they went; how they lived, worked, brawled, and played; and how the 49ers and those who followed them changed the course of California history...read more
By Ed Greco (illustrator) and Randall A. Reinstedt

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9780933818286 | Ghost Town Pubns, October 1, 1994, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: From the first cry of "Gold!

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Discusses the events surrounding the nineteenth-century gold rush in California, the livestyles of miners and mining towns, and the methods used to extract gold

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9780963419712 | Freewheel Pubns, January 1, 1993, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Discusses the events surrounding the nineteenth-century gold rush in California, the livestyles of miners and mining towns, and the methods used to extract gold

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Describes the 1849 California Gold Rush and life for the miners during and after the gold rush

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9780531200322 | Franklin Watts, June 1, 1991, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: Describes the 1849 California Gold Rush and life for the miners during and after the gold rush

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Describes the origins of the California Gold Rush that began in 1848, the individuals and mining techniques involved, and the resulting wealth, destruction, and tragedy.

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9780866253741 | Rourke Pub Group, April 1, 1990, cover price $27.27 | About this edition: Describes the origins of the California Gold Rush that began in 1848, the individuals and mining techniques involved, and the resulting wealth, destruction, and tragedy.

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Tells the stories of adventurers, entrepreneurs, rascals, entertainers, miners, immigrants, and bandits who joined the goldrushes in the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, California, and Colorado

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9780872496583 | Univ of South Carolina Pr, November 1, 1989, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Tells the stories of adventurers, entrepreneurs, rascals, entertainers, miners, immigrants, and bandits who joined the goldrushes in the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, California, and Colorado

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