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The gold rush : a primary source history of the search for gold in California / Kerri O'Donnell.

Author: O'Donnell, Kerri, 1972-

Imprint:New York : Rosen Central Primary Source, 2003.

Description:64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 27 cm.

Note:El Dorado -- Timeline -- The great discovery -- Gold fever -- To California by sea -- The Overlanders -- Life in the mines -- The lawless West.

Note:Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount how the mid-nineteenth century California gold rush affected Americans and immigrants and how it shaped history.

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