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1) Boom town
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
After her family moves to California where her father goes to work in the gold fields, Amanda decides to make her own fortune baking pies and she encourages others to provide the necessary services--from a general store to a school--that enables her town to prosper.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
JOHNSTONE'S AMERICA. THE GOLD STANDARD.
From the acclaimed chroniclers of the Old West comes the epic saga of the great American Gold Rush-and the boldhearted dreamers who made it all happen. . . .
THEY CALLED THEM THE FORTY-NINERS.
In January of 1848, the discovery of gold at Sutters Mill in California sparked a nationwide frenzy, fueling the dreams of Americans from coast to coast. By 1849, hundreds of thousands of fortune hunters from...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
During the California Gold Rush of 1848, ten-year-old Estrella, who runs so fast she is called "la Estrella corriente," the running star, faces a group of greedy ghosts who have stolen her exotic pets to work in their gold mine.
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