The California Gold Rush in American History
- ISBN-10
- 0894908782
- ISBN-13
- 9780894908781
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Enslow Pub Incorporated
- Author
- Linda Jacobs Altman
Description
Describes adventures and disasters in the lives of people who rushed to the gold mines of California in 1848 and explains how this event sparked the state's development.
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