Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

California's Gold RushRobert Grayson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Edina, Minn. : ABDO Pub. Company, (c)2012.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781614784463
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • F865 .C355 2012
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Word gets out -- Rush to riches -- Westward ho! -- Perils at sea -- A long, unforgiving trail -- Culture of hatred -- Sins of gold country -- As good as gold -- Timeline -- Essential facts -- Places to visit -- Glossary.
Subject: This title examines an important historic event--the gold rush in California. Easy-to-read, compelling text explores the first discovery of gold and the creation of boomtowns in the West, issues with the Mexican government, military desertion, expansionism, and the environmental consequences of mining, key characters such as John Sutter, Samuel Brannan, Colonel Richard B. Mason, and President James K. Polk, the roles of journalism, transportation, and racial discrimination, the development of mining technologies and entrepreneurship, and the effects of this event on society. Features include a table of contents, glossary, selected bibliography, Web links, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and essential facts.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number URL Status Date due Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction F865 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn775589072

Includes bibliographies and index.

This title examines an important historic event--the gold rush in California. Easy-to-read, compelling text explores the first discovery of gold and the creation of boomtowns in the West, issues with the Mexican government, military desertion, expansionism, and the environmental consequences of mining, key characters such as John Sutter, Samuel Brannan, Colonel Richard B. Mason, and President James K. Polk, the roles of journalism, transportation, and racial discrimination, the development of mining technologies and entrepreneurship, and the effects of this event on society. Features include a table of contents, glossary, selected bibliography, Web links, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and essential facts.

Eureka! -- Word gets out -- Rush to riches -- Westward ho! -- Perils at sea -- A long, unforgiving trail -- Culture of hatred -- Sins of gold country -- As good as gold -- Timeline -- Essential facts -- Places to visit -- Glossary.

COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:

https://lib.ciu.edu/copyright-request-form

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.