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Author Andrist, Ralph K.

Title The California gold rush / by the editors of American heritage. Narrative by Ralph K. Andrist, in consultation with Archibald Hanna.

Imprint New York : American Heritage Pub. Co., [1961]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection J Schick  979.4 An28c 1961    ---  Lib Use Only
Edition [1st ed.].
Description 153 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series American heritage junior library
American heritage junior library.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Sutter's mill -- Gold! Gold! Gold! -- Forty-niners on the high seas -- Overland to the golden rivers -- Nuggets and gold dust -- With my washbowl on my knee -- A lady and a miner -- Life in the boom towns -- Rough justice in the camps -- Roaring city on the Golden Gate -- Oh, Californi-o!
Summary Factual accounts brought together to show the decisive manner in which the forty-niners spurred the growth of the West.
Subject California -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile literature.
Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- Juvenile literature.
Frontier and pioneer life. (OCoLC)fst00935370
Gold mines and mining. (OCoLC)fst00944469
California. (OCoLC)fst01204928
Genre/Form Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Title American heritage.

 
    
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