In 1849, gold fever struck the nation, and many people left their homes for the gold fields of California. Here's how the miners went West in boats and covered wagons, how they panned for gold, and what they did with the gold. Included are maps, funny stories about miners, and facts about men like Levi Strauss who became rich by not mining for gold. Not every miner made a fortune, but they all shared in a great adventure.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 2-4?The numerous cartoon-style illustrations, large print, and beginning-to-read look will help lure newly independent readers to this title. The straightforward factual account includes the 1848 discovery of gold, the spread of gold fever, the land and sea routes to California, the life of the miners, the injustices to immigrants, the population growth, and the economic development of northern California. The hand-drawn map is, unfortunately, difficult to read. Striking It Rich is nonetheless an appealing introduction to a fascinating chapter in our country's past and might draw readers to more in-depth presentations like Rhoda Blumberg's The Great American Gold Rush (Bradbury, 1989).?Gale W. Sherman, Pocatello Public Library, ID
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Gr. 2^-3. The story of the gold rush is told with verve, excitement. and wry wit in this chapter book in the Ready-to-Read series. Krensky gets across the rush and mess, the hopes and bumbling failures ("If enough miners settled in one place for a few months, they called it a town and gave it a name"), and DiVito's colorful line illustrations express the energy, naivete, and lawlessness of the men who rushed to make a fortune. There are maps of the California goldfields and of the sea route to get there ("By the end, most sea travelers were tired, sick, hungry, bored silly and in need of a bath") and comic pictures of the wagon trains. Only passing reference is made to those displaced and persecuted by the "opening up" of the West. The subject here is the frontier as funny adventure. Hazel Rochman
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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