"A great guide to the California Gold Rush!" -- Small Publishers Monthly
A great basic guide to the California Gold Rush! -- Small Publishers Monthly, May 2002
Home school educators will find this book an invaluable source in educating their children about a major historical event. -- Clara Thompson, home school teacher, May 10, '02
I always wondered how the larger gold mining machines worked. This book's clear illustrations and explanations has satisfied my curiosity. -- A reader from Wisconsin
This book is for anyone who would like to learn more about the Gold Rush—especially educators and travelers. -- Mary Ellen, educator, 5/10/02
This book is well written, organized, and informative. I want to see California's gold rush history now! -- Mary Sheppard, educator
This book is wonderful; I couldn't get my son to put it down, and I know why: I couldn't either! -- Ellen Jackson, home educator
We used this book when visiting the California gold rush towns...very useful and entertaining. -- Sebastian Guude, visitor from Germany
Product Description
At home or on the road, this interactive book examines major events and lasting changes that led up to and beyond the worlds best known gold rush. Each section is packed with interesting details, easy to understand information, photos, illustrations, and self-tests designed to entertain as well as add to your knowledge. Travel the 1849 Emigrants’ Trail across the continent by wagon into Sutter’s Fort and the gold fields. Find out what it was like to sail on an ocean voyage to San Francisco by way of Panama or the tip of South America. Learn how to find gold and the various methods used to extract hidden treasure from the region known as the Mother Lode. Explore a wide selection of towns that emerged along California’s historic Highway 49 in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada during this unique period of America’s past.
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