What was the Gold Rush?
- ISBN-10
- 0448462893
- ISBN-13
- 9780448462899
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 105
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Authors
- Joan Holub, Who HQ
Description
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.
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