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Pages: 129
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-02-07 - Publisher: Penguin
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Language: en
Pages: 52
Pages: 52
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-09 - Publisher: Capstone
Follows the development of the gold rush in California starting in the 1840's. Examines its effects on the economic, social, and political development of the ar
Language: en
Pages: 36
Pages: 36
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-03-01 - Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Which would you rather do: read about the gold rush? or dip your pan into an icy-cold riverbed, scoop out some rocks and mud, swish it around in the rushing wat
Language: en
Pages: 388
Pages: 388
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-09-01 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
On the morning of January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold in California. The news spread across the continent, launching hundreds of ships and hitch
Language: en
Pages: 210
Pages: 210
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-09-09 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
This comprehensive narrative history of the California Gold Rush describes daily life during this historic period, documenting its wide-reaching effects and exa