The California Gold Rush (Cornerstones of Freedom)
United States history, United States travel and geography
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
The gold found at Sutter's mill caused one of the wildest mass movements of people the world had ever seen. The 85,000 gold seekers who reached California in 1849 were nicknamed "forty-niners." These included young men looking for adventure, as… well as older men who had deserted their families in search of an instant fortune.
Title Details
ISBN
9780516066912
Publisher
Scholastic Library Publishing
Copyright Date
1981
Book number
96630