A True Book: Westward Expansion takes readers on an amazing journey to a fascinating time in U.S. history when the country was experiencing dynamic change and e
This book relays the factual details of the California Gold Rush. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the p
Provides a chronological overview of the gold rush, discussing what it was like to live and work in the mining towns, how it changed people's lives, and what ha
When gold was found in Northern California, news of it spread like a wildfire during the spring and summer of 1848. At first, most people thought the reports we