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The California gold rush

by May Yonge McNeer Author

On January 24, 1848, James Marshall discovered a small nugget of gold in a stream near Sutter's Mill, California. Though he tried to keep it a secret, word spread through the country like wildfire. Before the year was out, the great American Gold Rush had begun. Here's a true-life story that re-creates a time when people from all walks of life dropped what they were doing and headed west with picks and shovels in the hope of finding riches--and added a brand-new chapter to our country's history.

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ISBN
0394903064
Print Status
In Print
Pages
147
Suggested Grades
4th - 6th
Geographical Setting
California
Historical Setting
1848 - 1854
Publisher
Random House
Copyright
1987
Written
1950

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