Forgotten facts about life during the gold rush [History's Forgotten Facts]by Connors, Kathleen 

Paperback New title.(Enslow, 2024)

BTSB #: 235911 Temp OS

Dewey: 979.404/NAges: 7-10   


Genres:

Subjects: Gold mines and mining - California - History|y19th century Frontier and pioneer life - California California - Gold discoveries California - History|y1846-1850

Summary: The gold rush seems like a romantic time, full of everyday people following a dream to California and striking it rich. The reality was that most people lived in poor conditions, ate bad food, and found just about nothing. In this book, readers find out what life was like for the forty-niners and immigrants that headed to California to seek their fortune as well as the causes and effects of the gold rush.

Forgotten facts about life during the gold rush [History's Forgotten Facts]by Connors, Kathleen 

BTSB Prebound(Enslow, 2024)

BTSB #: 236010 Available

Dewey: 979.404/NAges: 7-10   


Genres:

Subjects: Gold mines and mining - California - History|y19th century Frontier and pioneer life - California California - Gold discoveries California - History|y1846-1850

Summary: The gold rush seems like a romantic time, full of everyday people following a dream to California and striking it rich. The reality was that most people lived in poor conditions, ate bad food, and found just about nothing. In this book, readers find out what life was like for the forty-niners and immigrants that headed to California to seek their fortune as well as the causes and effects of the gold rush.

Gold rush girl by Avi 

Publisher Edition - Large Print Hardcover(Thorndike Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 077441 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.1 MG Lexile: 730 F&P: W

Genres: Historical Fiction Adventure Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Gold mines and mining - California - History|y19th century Adventure fiction Family life - Fiction Kidnapping - Fiction Large print books

Summary: Rhode Island native Victoria (Tory) Blaisdell finds her way to mud-caked, tent-filled San Francisco in 1848 to find a new life of adventure with her father and younger brother only to end up on an unintended--and perilous--adventure to save her kidnapped brother. Large print hardcover format.

Gold rush girl by Avi 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 077444 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.1 MG Lexile: 730 F&P: W

Genres: Historical Fiction Adventure Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Gold mines and mining - California - History|y19th century Adventure fiction Family life - Fiction Kidnapping - Fiction

Summary: Rhode Island native Victoria (Tory) Blaisdell finds her way to mud-caked, tent-filled San Francisco in 1848 to find a new life of adventure with her father and younger brother only to end up on an unintended--and perilous--adventure to save her kidnapped brother.

Que fue la Fiebre del Oro? [Que Fue?]by Holub, Joan 

PaperbackSPANISH(Loqueleo/Santillana USA ;, 2016)

BTSB #: 461361 Available

Dewey: 979.4/NAges: 8-12   


Genres:

Subjects: Gold mines and mining - California - History|y19th century Frontier and pioneer life - California Spanish language - Reading materials California - Gold discoveries California - History|y1846-1850 California - Social life and customs|y19th century

Summary: In 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting over 300,000 people from all over the world, some who struck it rich and many more who didn't. Hear the stories about the gold-seeking "forty-niners!" In Spanish.

Real history of the Gold Rush [Left Out Of History]by Butler-Ngugi, Anitra 

BTSB Prebound(Lerner, 2023)

BTSB #: 179052 Available

Dewey: 979.4/NAges: 9-14   
AR: 5.7 MG

Genres:

Subjects: Gold mines and mining - California - History|y19th century Minorities - California - Social conditions|y19th century Discrimination - California - History|y19th century California - Gold discoveries California - History|y1846-1850

Summary: The Gold Rush was a major event in the US during the 1800s. This book explores what the Gold Rush was and the lesser-known people who participated in the event.

What was the Gold Rush? [What Was?]by Holub, Joan 

BTSB Prebound(Grosset & Dunlap, 2013)

BTSB #: 461337 Available

Dewey: 979.4/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.6 MG RC: 4.2 3-5 Lexile: 680 F&P: X

Genres:

Subjects: Gold mines and mining - California - History|y19th century Frontier and pioneer life - California California - Gold discoveries California - History|y1846-1850 California - Social life and customs|y19th century

Summary: In 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting over 300,000 people from all over the world, some who struck it rich and many more who didn't. Hear the stories about the gold-seeking "forty-niners!"

What was the Gold Rush? [What Was?]by Holub, Joan 

Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2013)

BTSB #: 461349 Available

Dewey: 979.4/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.6 MG RC: 4.2 3-5 Lexile: 680 F&P: X

Genres:

Subjects: Gold mines and mining - California - History|y19th century Frontier and pioneer life - California California - Gold discoveries California - History|y1846-1850 California - Social life and customs|y19th century

Summary: In 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting over 300,000 people from all over the world, some who struck it rich and many more who didn't. Hear the stories about the gold-seeking "forty-niners!"